Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome Book

	Foreword	i
	Preface	iv
	Acknowledgments	vii
	The Castle	ix
Chapter 1	A Slice of Life	1
Chapter 2	My Early Life	11
Chapter 3	Sinking into the Grip of Autism	19
	Mother's Recollection of My Early Life	25
Chapter 4	The Putnam Period	33
	The Classroom	34
Chapter 5	Nursery School	39
	Accommodating Sensory Sensitivities	47
Chapter 6	The Wonder and Terror of School	49
Chapter 7	Middle School	59
	Music for the Child with Autism	64
Chapter 8	More Wonder Than Terror in High School	73
Chapter 9	Heaven at Last--in College	77
	Dating	80
	Meeting My Future Wife	89
	About My Husband	94
	Movies and TV	96
Chapter 10	The World of Work: From More Conformity to Less	99
	Where Do I Fit In?	99
	Emotional Aftermath	105
	Dealing with Emotions	107
Chapter 11	Back to School: Master's and Doctorate Degrees	111
	The Three Modes of World	118
Chapter 12	Revisiting the Castle	127
	Cyberspace for People Like Me	129
	The Language and Cognitive Development Center	134
	Meeting Dr. Arnold Miller	137
Chapter 13	Challenging the Walls	141
	How the Autistic Disorder Is now Classified	141
	Autism Compared with Other Disorders	141
	The Autism Spectrum	143
	Putting My Journey Through the Autism Spectrum in Context	145
	Overcoming the Wall	149
Chapter 14	Epilogue and Charge of Responsibility	155
Appendix	An Interview with Daniel Rosenn, M.D.	159
	References	173