McManmon, who has Asperger's syndrome and founded an internship program that serves college-aged students with learning differences and Asperger's across the US, draws on his own experiences and his work with students to present a guide for parents to helping young adults with Asperger's, high-functioning autism, or learning differences achieve independence and learn life-long skills of self-knowledge, self-sufficiency, and self-advocacy. He relates his own story, those of former students, and advice from theory and research about understanding the diagnosis, the separation process, making decisions, regulating emotions, executive functioning strategies in regulating actions and behaviors, social skills from non-verbal communication to empathy, working with a social mentor, handling finances, health and wellness, succeeding in college or a first job, relationships, and learning openness, tolerance, and diversity. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)