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Mar 30, 2021 | ISBN 9780807025680 Pre-Order
Mar 30, 2021 | ISBN 9780807025697 Pre-Order
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Mar 30, 2021 | ISBN 9780807025680
Mar 30, 2021 | ISBN 9780807025697
A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of girls and nonbinary people who are growing up with autism.Most resources available for parents come out of the medical model of disability–from psychologists, educators, parents, and doctors–offering parents a narrow and technical approach to autism. Furthermore, it is widely believed that many autistic girls and women are underdiagnosed, which has further limited the information available regarding the unique needs of girls and nonbinary people with autism.Sincerely, Your Autistic Child represents an authentic resource for parents written by people who understand this experience most, autistic people themselves. From childhood and education to gender identity and sexuality, this anthology of autistic contributors tackles the everyday challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic girls and nonbinary people. Written like letters to parents, the contributors reflect on what they have learned while growing up with autism and how parents can avoid common mistakes and overcome challenges while raising their child.Sincerely, Your Autistic Child calls parents to action by raising awareness and redefining “normal” in order to help parents make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are.
“Sincerely, Your Autistic Child is an essential anthology edited and written by Autistic people. Parents and Autistic children need to know the wisdom of Autistic adults who show that infinite futures are possible. I can’t wait to share and recommend this book—what a gift.”—Alice Wong, editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century“Autism is no one thing, and there are so many experiences that have never been shared. This book is a great start to showing the diversity that lives on the spectrum. Anybody who thinks differently, and anybody who loves someone who thinks differently, will find this collection invaluable.”—Hannah Gadsby, writer and comedian
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