WINNER OF TES/NASEN BEST ACADEMIC BOOK AWARD 2000
`It is to be hoped that teachers and others who deal with children and young people in group settings will read this book and realize that there is a positive as well as a negative side to autism. Whilst it is a huge burden for any parents to know that their child is different, if must help to know that that child can be happy. In trying to help children conform to a fairly arbitrary ′norm′, do we risk turning some with much to contribute, into misfits whose families and schools apologize for them rather than celebrating their very individual learning styles, personalities and potential? ′ – Jane Lovey, Cambridge University School of Education
`In her book Martian in the Playground, Clare Sainsbury gives a scholarly and insightful description of the experience of people with Asperger′s Syndrome. The accounts of their memories of school, both in the classroom and in social settings, should be read by all involved in education of students with an autistic disorder. This book will be if interest to all who are involved with Asperger′s Syndrome: parents, professional and the young people themselves′- Dr Jane Shields, Director NAS Earlybird Centre
`This is amazingly informative book that should be read by every parent/family of a child with Asperger′s Syndrome. It should also be included on the reading list of any teachers who have an Asperger′s pupil in their class…. I am deeply grateful to Clare Sainsbury for writing this book because now when I am forced to justify my son′s outrageous behaviour to members of my family, friends and acquaintances I can save my breadth and just hand them this wonderful volume′ – Grapevine
