Before we begin, I'll just point out that this is a guest post - in fact, it's my first ever guest post on this blog - so I haven't actually read this book myself - YET! Please welcome Danette... Danette M. Schott is founder of S-O-S Research and blogs at Help! S-O-S for Parents . She is the mother of two children adopted from Russia and personal need has required her to research a variety of special needs issues. The following book review and interview is reprinted with permission. People with Asperger's (AS) and high functioning autism (HFA) are all around us, whether you are aware of this or not. She may be the person who appears to lack a sense of humor, is overly anxious, or seems emotionally detached. Or he may be the person who only talks about cars, appears to be very logical, or doesn't hold eye contact. But people with AS and HFA also have strengths and gifts that Rudy Simone spells out in her first chapter in " Asperger's on the Job ."...