Gunilla Gerland
Gunilla Gerland is a Swedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndrome.Biography
Gunilla Gerland was born in Stockholm, Sweden, 13 July 1963. Her father left the family, and her mother became a mentally-ill alcoholic. Her 1996 autobiography entitled A Real Person: Life on the Outside, describes growing up with Asperger syndrome in an unsympathetic environment.
She has continued to write and also lecture and debate on Asperger syndrome and the autism spectrum. She works as a counsellor and educator in the field in Stockholm. Her writings have been cited in work concerning the autism spectrum and autism-related problems such as prosopagnosia, in addition to ways in which autism is analysed and discussed.
