All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
by Kathy Hoopmann
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Book Reviews of All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
Book Review: All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
Summary: 4 Stars
A very cute book, the pictures are adorable. This may be helpful for kids (or siblings) who love animals, it may help them make sense of a condition that can be confusing. It encourages the reader to be more sympathetic and compassionate of Asperger's persons, since the kitties are so appealing. However, not all the pictures will correspond to every person with Asperger's, since each case is unique. Also, I have a small problem with the title, since I myself don't really think cats are all that much like Asperger's kids. Asperger's kids really want to socialize and please, and most cats are just fine on their own, quite independent. (And Asperger's kids don't ruin furniture!)The sensory similarites are more accurate, however, with gaze aversion, tactile defensiveness, etc.Book Review: A Great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has been very helpful to our family. It is a good, basic book that has helped not only our 9 y/o start to grasp the Asperger concept, but has also helped her peers. We are an average family dealing with Asperger's, just trying to raise our Aspy child as best as we can. We have used this book in the classroom to teach her peers what Aspergers is and why she might behave differently than most kids her age. The kids in her class now look at her as more of a little sister who needs help than a weird kid to be avoided. The book has helped our child understand that yes, she is a different, but that is okay and there are great things about her because she is different. Simply put, it is a good resource to teach others about ways Aspy kids or people might behave.Book Review: Thinking outside the box
Summary: 4 Stars
All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome - Kathy Hoopman
4 stars
Here is a picture book full of adorable photographs of cats and kittens. The text uses the behavior of cats to explain some of the distinctive behaviors of children with Asperger Syndrome. My favorite one is a picture of a cat dangling its paws under a faucet of running water. The caption,"See if you do it this way you don't get hair balls," is meant to illustrate the Asperger child's tendency to think outside the box. The book delivers a strong message of support and acceptance of individual differences. I think it would be a great book for parents and siblings of an Asperger effected child. My only reservation is that it might be seen to trivialize a significant disability.
Book Review: All cats have Aspergers Syndrome
Summary: 5 Stars
Understanding what type of book this is, it works very well. I have a 7 yr old grandson who was just diagnosed with Aspergers, and when I got the book, we read it together. He was delighted with the pictures and on many of the pages he would say "that's me!" It was a great way to open the door to discussing his syndrome with him. Of course, not all characteristics are true of all people, so we would say, "well that is not really like you....you are much more..." But it did open doors to talk about things maybe he did not understand, or see why other peers may tend to treat him a little differently or why he would tend to see things differently. As I said it is simple, but a great source of basic understanding that can be used to go beyond that point.Book Review: Cute
Summary: 5 Stars
I was browsing around at the bookstore and came across this book in the special needs section. The title caught my attention since I have Asperger Syndrome and own three cats. Although not all cats have Asperger Syndrome, I can really attest that feeling for one of my three cats who truly has it just the same as I do. The more I read the book, it gets cuter. Of course, it reads like a children's book given the big words and pictures of adorable kittens and cats on each page. I am almost tempted to buy the book for the sake of it, but the high price ($15.00 by that time) ultimately prevented me to so. Quite a wonderful journey that does well in explaining the Asperger Syndrome and the pairing of cats with it does make total sense to me.