Un-typical : how the world isn't built for autistic people and what we should all do about it
Wharmby, Pete2022
Books, Manuscripts
The modern world is built for neurotypicals: needless noise, bright flashing lights, small talk, phone calls, unspoken assumptions and unwritten rules - it can be a nightmarish dystopia for the autistic population. Pete Wharmby lays bare the experience of being 'different', explaining with wit and warmth just how exhausting it is to fit in to a world not designed for you. But this book is more than an explanation. After a late diagnosis and a lifetime of 'masking', Pete is the perfect interlocutor to explain how our two worlds can meet, and what we can do for the many autistic people in our schools, workplaces and lives.
Main title:
Author:
Wharmby, Pete, author
Imprint:
London : Mudlark, 2022.
Collation:
248 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780008529260 (hbk)
Dewey class:
616.85882616.8588616.858
LC class:
RC553.A88
Language:
English
BRN:
3243250