Dallas Public Library

Raising Cubby, a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives, John Elder Robison

eng

autobiography

no index present

non fiction

Raising Cubby

John Elder Robison

a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives

"The comic memoir of an Aspergian father raising his Aspergian son, by the bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye"--Provided by publisher

Every parent's worst nightmare -- From dropout to executive -- An incipient bear cub -- Names -- Hatching time -- A proud, scared dad -- The king of everything -- Two-wheel drive -- Tell me what you want -- The aerial child -- Monsters -- Child support -- The best kid in the store -- Wondrous dada -- Tuck-in time -- Role models -- Elves -- The oxbow incident -- The old boy -- The power of wizards -- Becoming owners -- Cubby versus the school -- Reading -- An official geek -- Divorce -- Dreaming Cubby -- Child protection -- Bulldozing off -- The strolling of the heifers -- From stockholder to chairman -- Gymnastics -- Geologists -- Learning to drive -- Power generation -- Boom! -- Amherst -- Pine demons -- A new nest -- In the high school groove -- A different animal -- Nicole -- Declaration of independence -- Blowing up -- A visit from the ATF -- The raid begins -- The locus of the investigation -- The circus must go on -- The DA -- Arraignment -- Asperger's and Cubby -- In limbo -- The trial begins -- The crime of inquisitiveness -- Defending Cubby -- The verdict