When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Cat

<p>Madeleine Levy was diagnosed with Asperger''s syndrome at the age of eight. This is a book about her life growing up and the education system as she experienced it. </p><p>When she was asked by her nursery school teacher what she wanted to be when she grew up, Madeleine''s reply was very different to all the other children''s: she wanted to be a cat. Later she was bullied for being different - for being bi-sexual, for having autism, or just for being, as she puts it, a weird goth kid.     </p><p><strong>When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Cat </strong>is not just a brilliantly frank memoir but also in part a supportive guide for youngsters with autism and their parents or carers, and in part a critique of the education system whose standardised support Madeleine found lacking.</p><p>It is a book that genuinely gives the perspective from someone on the autistic spectrum - and not just Madeleine''s own voice but the voices of nine other individuals with autism spect