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''Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome'' is a non-fiction book written by American author Rudy Simone. It was published in 2010 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. The book is about females who have Asperger syndrome and their experiences. It was written to help girls and women who have been diagnosed with Asperger's. ==Background== Simone is a jazz musician as well as an author. She dealt with many symptoms as a child, but she did not realize that these were due to Asperger syndrome. These symptoms included acting out, moods changing quickly, and difficulty in understanding some forms of communication. Another difficulty of hers was making friends, and she still does not have a close female friend. She learned over time how to deal with other people. The book was published when Simone was 47 years old, but she said that she never heard the word Asperger's until a few years prior. She decided to write the book because she was unable to find adequate material dealing with girls on the spectrum, and the word that would become its title, "Aspergirls", "just popped into () head".〔 She noted, "There are many good things to be said about Aspergirls. We are highly intuitive. We have an incredible ability to concentrate and a work ethic which makes us employable in the right jobs."〔 The author is self-diagnosed as having Asperger syndrome, but for the book she only interviewed women who had been formally diagnosed. Simone said that even though boys and girls have the symptoms, it is expressed differently between the two genders. Simone noted that she "felt different from () family" as a child, and that they "seemed unpredictable and frightening" to her. The effects of her Asperger's were so strong that "as puberty kicked in, I went through bouts of mutism which could last hours or even a whole day."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aspergirls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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