Abigail Balfe
Teoksen A Different Kind of Normal: My Real-Life COMPLETELY True Story About Being Unique tekijä
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A Different Kind of Normal: My Real-Life COMPLETELY True Story About Being Unique (2021) 55 kappaletta
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But having learned about the allistic brain vs the autistic brain, she believes it’s important for those with autism to be proud of who they are and be accepting of themselves.
This book is written and illustrated with humor, acceptance and clear facts. Autistic people need to be accepted and loved for who they are; not just trained and masked to fit into an allistic world.
I laughed as I learned – including the humorous suggestion that when things get overwhelming, allistic brained people may want to try rolling around on the floor a bit to see how grounding and good it can feel.
Although the author says this book is for 8-12 year olds, there is information on sexuality that may be more apropos for junior/senior high than the lower end of the range who would be 3rd graders. For example on page 12 there is a roulette wheel of 11 different sexual orientations terms such as ‘androgyne’, ‘neutrosist’ and others that may unfamiliar. The chapter on puberty also describes the many variations of being instead of just ‘man’ and ‘woman’.… (lisätietoja)