Focusing on 'three faces of autism'; problems of connection, problems of tolerance and problems of control, this book goes beyond the label to the systems and mechanics of what is going on. Unlike any text books written by non-autistic professionals, it gives detailed suggestions on strategies to reduce these burdens in a way which takes account of the experience of 'autism', from the inside. This book looks at motivations from a distinctly autistic perspective but, more importantly, focuses on reducing the vastly unexplored area of anti-motivations experienced by people with autism-spectrum conditions.

This is Donna Williams' first of four published text books and a bestseller in the field of developmental disabilities, published in 1996, dramatically altered the way professionals worked with those on the autistic spectrum and is now sold in various languages around the world.