Harpur (computer science, National U. of Ireland, Maynooth), Lawlor, and Fitzgerald (both: child and adolescent psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin) offer a practical handbook to assist students with Asperger Syndrome cope with the challenges that college life brings, based on the authors" combined 80-plus years of professional and clinical experiences, and firsthand interviews with AS students and parents. Coverage includes organizing one"s life in college, managing academic commitments, making friends, developing useful self-monitoring skills, strategies for developing conversations and communication skills, interacting with the opposite sex, managing anxiety and stress, establishing an AS support group, and life after college. For students with AS, their parents, counselors in student services, and therapists. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)