GLASS HALF EMPTY; Introduction; Childhood Memories; Moving House and School; A Traumatic Change; Stepping into the Land of Giants; My Transition into Secondary School; Changing Body Shapes; Adolescence; Coming Out of Childhood; Final Year of Secondary School and Into Further Education; Emerging Expectations; Applying to University; Starting University; An Early Misfit; Difficult Days; My Second Year at University; GLASS HALF FULL; It All Becomes Clear; My Asperger's Syndrome Diagnosis; My Return to University and Graduation; An Achievement Against the Odds; Finding My Niche; My Way in to Postgraduate Study; Mission to Mars: Visit to Australia and meeting with Garry Burge; Re-inventing Myself; Postgraduate Study; Moving Up; Finding My First Professional Role; Broadening My Horizons; Autuniv-1 to Australia, Canada and Back; Aspie of Intrigue; My Cruise Experience; A Reflection; How Asperger's Syndrome Has Changed my Life.

This story will be inspirational to all adults either facing Asperger's syndrome personally or interacting with someone who has been diagnosed. Chris Mitchell describes his life before and after diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome.