"The ultimate instruction manual for thriving while autistic, and the first book to read if you've found out you're autistic or started to suspect it. Friendly, accessible, sparkling with insight, and loaded with excellent advice."
Nick Walker PhD Author of Neuroqueer Heresies
Inside this book, you’ll discover:
Autism is a way of being
Across our different strengths, challenges, preferences and privileges, we all have a very specific way of being in the world. We are all autistic, takiwātanga. We do things in our own space and time.
Autistics experience the world intensely
Human beings are on the same planet, but all in different worlds. Autistics often feel things others don’t and express things others won’t. And every sensory experience – whether heightened or dimmed – is valid and valuable.
Autistic culture is just the beginning
Being autistic is an identity, a culture rich with distinctive language, humour, food, and ways of being in the world. Autism is not a disorder or a deficit. It is a community, a culture, and we are finding each other.
Autism Isn’t What You Think.
Not inferior, not less-than. Not bad, weird, weak, or broken. Not disordered or deficient.
“Jolene Stockman shares her hard-won wisdom as a late-diagnosed autistic. Her step-by-step process is backed by contagious enthusiasm. The heart of this book lies in maximising your strengths and making the world around you your own.”
Cynthia Kim
Author of Nerdy, Shy and Socially Inappropriate
“Accessible and sparkling with insight”
“The ultimate instruction manual for thriving while autistic, and the first book to read if you’ve found out you’re autistic or started to suspect it. Friendly, accessible, sparkling with insight, and loaded with excellent advice.”
Nick Walker PhD
Author of Neuroqueer Heresies
“An empowering reframe”
“This book offers an empowering reframe and voice of encouragement to tap into your unique strengths. Jolene has written a practical and inspiring guide to help you embrace all the parts of yourself exactly as you are, and in so doing change the world.”