Aspergirls

Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome

By: Rudy Simone

Narrated by: Lucie McNeil

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

Award-winning handbook for girls and women on the autism spectrum, perceptive and wise reflections and advice .

Gold Medal Winner in the Sexuality/Relationships Category of the 2011 IPPY Awards

Honorary Mention in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Women's Issues Category

Girls with Asperger's syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, and even once symptoms have been recognised, help is often not readily available. The image of coping well presented by AS females of any age can often mask difficulties, deficits, challenges and loneliness.

This is a must-have handbook written by an Aspergirl for Aspergirls, young and old. Rudy Simone guides you through every aspect of both personal and professional life, from early recollections of blame, guilt and savant skills to friendships, romance and marriage. Employment, career, rituals and routines are also covered, along with depression, meltdowns and being misunderstood. Including the reflections of over 35 women diagnosed as on the spectrum, as well as some partners and parents, Rudy identifies recurring struggles and areas where Aspergirls need validation, information and advice.

As they recount their stories, anecdotes and wisdom, she highlights how differences between males and females on the spectrum are mostly a matter of perception, rejecting negative views of Aspergirls and empowering them to lead happy and fulfilled lives.

This book will be essential listening for females of any age diagnosed with AS and those who think they might be on the spectrum. It will also be of interest to partners and loved ones of Aspergirls and anybody interested either professionally or academically in Asperger's Syndrome.

©2019 Rudy Simone (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Amazing Book

This book put into persepective how my brain and others around me, how their brain operates! I loved it. I will read it again!

Fantastic

Absolutely love this book! It is very informative and helpful for girls on the spectrum and their loved ones. Helped me understand myself so much better. Her reading is wonderful as well.

kind and clear

The tone of the book is very kind. It really helps you accept your autism. The book also offers advice to aspergirls and to parents, which are clear and useful.

Very helpful!

I found this book to be very helpful and informative on autism in females. It was great to hear about other women living with autism in their own ways. Highly recommend.

Amazing and eye-opening

Great content and narration. Useful examples and advice. Cool lists for summary. Thank you for this book, which I am sure I will read again.

awesome book to discover female Aspieworld

awesome book to discover female Aspieworld. the stories and cites from real folks blended wonderfully wit author's personal experiences

Functioning lables, diet lessening "symptoms"

Aside from the constant use of functioning labels and talk of diet and it lessoning "symptoms" of Autism, i quite enjoyed this book.

Very enlightening.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was a teenager but I didn't fit the autism stereotypes that I believed in so thought the doctor's diagnoses was wrong. Years later I get a free credit from Audible and figured I may as well pick up a book on female Asperger's on the off chance the doctor could have been right and if not at least I didn't waste any of my money. It was like the author watched me my entire life and made a book about it. I guess my doctor was right. 🤷🏾‍♀️

helpful

Helpful book I totally recommend it to any parent of an aspie or aspergirl and love it!

Excellent resource and well performed.

I found this book extremely informative and helpful. As a Male non AS person I still found it incredibly insightful and am so glad it was recommended to me.

I cannot recommend it enough if your someone with AS, a parent or just to gain knowledge.

I very much enjoyed the narrator. She did an excellent job!