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John Elder Robison is free range Aspergian male, having grown up in the 1960s before the diagnosis existed. Today, he has claimed his spot on the autism spectrum and he's also an adjunct professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. John has served on the public review board for the National Institutes of Health, and he is currently involved in TMS autism research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also the author of Look Me in the Eye, my life with Asperger’s. John’s writing has been translated into 18 languages and is sold in 60+ countries. John’s next book, Be Different!, will be published in the spring of 2011.
In addition to his autism advocacy work, John is a lifelong car enthusiast, an avid hiker, a photographer, a music lover, and a world-class champion eater.
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