Finding a Different Kind of Normal

Jeanette Purkis spent her early life reacting violently against her feelings of embarrassment, anger and confusion about her ''difference'' from other people. She was unaware until well into adulthood that everything she found difficult, including her lack of success in forming relationships, could be a result of having Asperger Syndrome.

Used to being a misfit from a very young age, Jeanette found...