Customer Reviews
Very Practical Book, Isn't It!? - By: edrm, 16 Sep 2008 
I'm sure this book is very useful for adults with Asperger Syndrome as well as kids with AS & parents with AS children! The main reason is that this work is quite easy to understand & practical. Although I'm still single, I can see that raising AS and/or autistic children has been very stressful for their parents. Ordinary parenting doesn't always work when it comes to dealing with people with AS & other developmental disabilities. I think it is because this is exactly what ordinary people have never experienced before, which makes them harder to cope with. Certainly, most developmentally challenged people seem or look almost the same as any other people around them. However, they have been feeling different & distant from ordinary people, which is likely to lead to social inferiority & low self-confidence. I'm not the exception because I was diagnosed as ADHD & PDD(=Pervasive Developmental Disorder) when I was 34.
That's why I strongly feel that Parenting a Child With Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips & Strategies will apply to my daily life. I know it is so difficult to carry out 100% of what is writtenin this book. But I'll try my best to cope with my difficultiesin my life by comprehending gradually what she is driving at.
Written with Respect and Understanding - By: Manx Mann, 10 Aug 2008 I have Asperger's Syndrome, an adult & married. I highly recommend ths book for adults too.
Unlike most books on Asperger's Syndrome, Berenda Boyd shows a great deal of respect, understanding & acceptance of Asperger's Syndrome. Brenda really knows what she is talking about.
I especially like the very end of the book REPORT FROM PLANET ASPERGER which I always take with me where ever I amin the world. This shows people with Asperger'sin their true light. Planet Asperger "would probably be kinder, safer & more truthful than this world" & "But perhaps the most special feature of all on Planet Asperger is the great respect given to children & their values."
I also liked how she compared Asperger's to Neuro Typicals akin to comparing trains to cars.
I highly recommend this book & think it is worth every penny.
A godsend - By: M. Peeke, 01 Jan 2008 My 4-year-old has recently received a preliminary diagnosis of AS. I borrowed this book from the library by chance & it is so brilliant & practical & positive that I'm just logging on to Amazon at the moment to buy loads more copies for family, friends & teachers. Not only does it help you understand how your child thinks & feels but it provides very specific tips on dealing with AS behaviour which is working wonders on my daughter after just a month. Brenda Boyd - if you happen to read this - I want to say a very sincere & heartfelt thank you for changing my life & my daughter's.
Parenting a child with Asperger Syndrome - By: A nonny mouse, 29 Dec 2007 Really useful book by someone who knows what it is like. I have even bought a copy for a friend.
One for the book shelf! - By: , 03 Dec 2005 
I have read numerous 'Asperger' related books & have found this one certainly refreshing. By that I mean I have read biographies, text book based information books & various other books to help me understand aspects of Asperger Syndrome but this one I keep going back to. It is practical & interesting. If you are a parent of an AS child, then I personally recommend you buy this book for your bookshelf! You don't have to read it cover to cover (although I did find it interesting enough to do this) You can just keep 'dipping' into it when you feel you could do with a tip or stratagy. And yes, they really do work!
