Luke Jackson (author)
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Luke Jackson | |
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Born | 18th August 1988 UK Blackpool |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | English |
Writing period | 2002 to Present |
Genres | Non-fiction |
Luke Christopher Jackson became famous at the age of 13 when he wrote a book from first-hand experience about what it is like to have Asperger's Syndrome. The book, which had the title Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome': A User Guide to Adolescence created a sensation and greatly increased general awareness of the condition.
Luke Jackson has three sisters and three brothers. One of his brothers, Joe, has AD/HD (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), and another brother, Ben, is autistic. Luke Jackson, his mother Jacqui Jackson, and the rest of their family were featured in a documentary on BBC2 (UK television) discussed on the BBC website.
Luke also recorded a column for BBC Radio 4's programme Home Truths.
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- A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD (2001) ISBN 9781843100553
- Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence (2002) Foreword by Tony Attwood # ISBN-10: 1843100983 # ISBN-13: 978-1843100980
- Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome (2006) ISBN 9781843104438
- Asperger Syndrome in the Adolescent Years (2003) Edited by Liane Holliday Willey, Foreword by Luke Jackson, ISBN 9781843107422 (aka Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence: Living with the Ups, the Downs and Things in Between)
- Multicoloured Mayhem: Parenting the Many Shades of Adolescence, Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD (2003) by Jacqui Jackson, ISBN 1-84310-171-8
[edit] External links
Websites
- Luke Jackson at website of publisher Jessica King
- Luke Jackson explains why his autism is "a gift" (BBC News)
- BBC website page about documentary featuring Jackson family
- Website of Luke's mother Jacqui Jackson and her family
- Luke's website with personal information and details on the sale of his photographic services and media