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100 1  Robison, John Elder. 
245 10 Raising Cubby :|ba father and son's adventures with 
       Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives /|cJohn 
       Elder Robison. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown,|c2013. 
300    ix, 365 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    "The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an 
       unconventional dad's relationship with his equally offbeat
       son--complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade 
       explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble. Misfit, 
       truant, delinquent, John Robison was never a model child, 
       and he wasn't a model dad either. Diagnosed with 
       Asperger's syndrome at the age of forty, he approached 
       fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical 
       jokes. When his son, Cubby, asked, "Where did I come 
       from?" John said he'd bought him at the Kid Store and that
       the salesman had cheated him by promising Cubby would "do 
       all chores." He read electrical engineering manuals to 
       Cubby at bedtime. He told Cubby that wizards turned 
       children into stone when they misbehaved. Still, John got 
       the basics right. He made sure Cubby never drank diesel 
       fuel at the automobile repair shop he owns. And he gave 
       him a life of adventure: By the time Cubby was ten, he'd 
       steered a Coast Guard cutter, driven a freight locomotive,
       and run an antique Rolls Royce into a fence. The one thing
       John couldn't figure out was what to do when school 
       authorities decided that Cubby was dumb and stubborn--the 
       very same thing he had been told as a child. Did Cubby 
       have Asperger's too? The answer was unclear. One thing was
       clear, though: By the time he turned seventeen, Cubby had 
       become a brilliant chemist--smart enough to make military-
       grade explosives and bring state and federal agents 
       calling. Afterward, with Cubby facing up to sixty years in
       prison, both father and son were forced to take stock of 
       their lives, finally coming to terms with being "on the 
       spectrum" as both a challenge and a unique gift. By turns 
       tender, suspenseful, and hilarious, this is more than just
       the story of raising Cubby. It's the story of a father and
       son who grow up together"--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    "The comic memoir of an Aspergian father raising his 
       Aspergian son, by the bestselling author of Look Me in the
       Eye"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Robison, John Elder|xFamily. 
600 10 Robison, John Elder. 
650  0 Asperger's syndrome|xPatients|xFamily relationships. 
650  0 Asperger's syndrome in children|xPatients|vLife skills 
       guides. 
650  0 Asperger's syndrome in children|xPatients|zUnited States
       |vBiography. 
650  0 Parenting. 
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