Knowing Why : Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism

Knowing Why : Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and AutismWhat happens when you make it to adulthood before finding out you're autistic? As A. J. Odasso writes in this anthology: "You spend a lot of time wondering what's wrong without ever knowing why." This anthology includes essays from a diverse group of adult diagnosed autistic people. Our essays reflect the value of knowing whywhy we are different from so many other people, why it can be so hard to do things others can take for granted, and why there is

author of Untypical'A magnificent read which manages to be informative

may be enough to save them in the end

an act of spiritual resistance in a culture that makes work the signal measure of our worth

And for the increasing number of people who have been diagnosed with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Have I been "masking" all this time

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and funded by Vulcan Productions and the British Film Institute

addresses common challenges and hurdles

thorough exploration of autistic experience

and disability is everywhere

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