Beyond the Wall
Personal Experienceswith Autism
and Asperger Syndrome
Second Edition
by Stephen Shore He was born in 1961, the youngest of three children. His older brother Martin was shown to be retarded when Shore was a few months old, and so his parents anxiously watched Shore's own development. The pediatrician said that Stephen wasn't retarded; maybe he was autistic. After attending a therapeutic preschool, Stephen attended a regulor school, though one year late. His school experience was mostly a positive one, as he befriended his teachers and counselors. Although he thought he had left his autism behind, "residual effects" continued to influence his life. Shore became interested in Autism after reading Grandin's
Thinking in Pictures(she wrote the foreword to this book), and he is now on the Autism Society of America's board. His experiences with AS and autism are both from his work with autistic people and from his own past.
Shore borrows Daniel Rosenn's perspective on the autistic spectrum, placing PDD-NOS between Kanner's and Asperger's autism. This book contains contributions about autism and Shore from many people, including his wife. There are two appendices: an interview with Dr. Rosenn and a guide to getting ready for college. There are two pages of references.
Happy reading.
