A new edition of this book is available WINNER OF TES/NASEN BEST ACADEMIC BOOK AWARD 2000 `It is to be hoped that teachers and others who deal with children and young people in group settings will read this book and realize that there is a positive as well as a negative side to autism. Whilst it is a huge burden for any parents to know that their child is different, if must help to know that that child can be happy. In trying to help children conform to a fairly arbitrary ?norm?, do we risk turning some with much to contribute, into misfits whose families and schools apologize for them rather than celebrating their very individual learning styles, personalities and potential? ? – Jane Lovey, Cambridge University School of Education `In her book Martian in the Playground, Clare Sainsbury gives a scholarly and insightful description of the experience of people with Asperger?s Syndrome. The accounts of their memories of school, both in the classroom and in social settings, should be read by all involved in educa
