Girl diagnoses herself with Asperger's after reading book
A 10-year-old girl diagnosed herself with Asperger's syndrome after reading a book about the condition.
Rosie King realised she had difficulty in identifying facial expressions and making friends like the character she was studying.
The book Little Rainman: Autism - Through the Eyes of a Child is designed to educate siblings through a child named Jonathan describing his feelings.
Rosie's six-year-old brother Lenny was diagnosed with Asperger's four years ago and their parents Richard, 43, and Sharon, 38, were keen for her to understand his perspective.
As she and her mother turned the pages of the book by Karen Leigh Simmons and came to a section on Asperger's, Rosie suggested: "I think this might be me".
1 comment:
Good for them ... books are invaluable and remain as popular as ever.
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