Luke Jackson (author)

Infobox Writer
name = Luke Jackson


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caption = Luke Christopher Jackson
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birthdate = 18th August 1988
birthplace = UK Blackpool
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occupation = Author
nationality = English
period = 2002 to Present
genre = Non-fiction
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famous book = "Freaks, Geeks and Asperger's Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence" [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/08/11/bojac11.xml]
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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 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/tvradio/autism/ BBC website] .

Luke also recorded a column for BBC Radio 4's programme "Home Truths".

ee also

* Autism
* Asperger syndrome

Publications

Books

* "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

External links

Websites
* [http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/author.php/id/877 Luke Jackson at website of publisher Jessica King]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3106599.stm Luke Jackson explains why his autism is "a gift" (BBC News)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/tvradio/autism/ BBC website page about documentary featuring Jackson family]
* [http://www.jacquijackson.com/ Website of Luke's mother Jacqui Jackson and her family]
* [http://www.lukejackson.info/ Luke's website with personal information and details on the sale of his photographic services and media]