Dannie's Dilemmas: The Right Shoes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469912813)

L J Haldane aka Carol Haldane/ Karen Jones. Carol Haldane born in Glasgow now lives in the South East coast of Kent. Although Carol has worked throughout her life with children from Nannies through to organising and managing birthday parties for a well known fast food restaurant, her first encounter with Asperger's Syndrome was with the birth of her own child ( Dannie). Carol found it hard to cope at first as with most parents with dealing with Dannie's condition. Not knowing the first thing about Asperger's Syndrome, Carol searched the web, libraries and a range of books trying to find as much information as possible on the condition and how it would affect her daughter's life and how she could best help her. Through trial and many many errors Carol found the best way to deal with Dannie's condition was indeed to use as many routines as possible even though at times she felt as though she was living in a regimented army camp. Carol was very disheartened with the lack of practical advice available to parents and children alike. Although there were many professional opinions and a detail of symptoms for Asperger's Syndrome what Carol was looking for was examples of how this condition has affected others and would affect Dannie. After many years with only her own experience to go by Carol played it by ear and learned from her own mistakes. This was when the idea to help other parents and children began. Carol began by noting down different behaviours and comical events that she could remember and took pen in hand, thus Dannie's Dilemmas was born.