The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud by Tanya Masterman

The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud by Tanya Masterman

Welcome to the autistic community! We're very glad you're here! Sometimes it can be difficult to feel proud of who you are. Maybe you feel different from other people or struggle to fit in - there is no need to worry! Yenn, Tanya and a tiny meerkat called Min are here to help you discover how to feel proud to be you. From learning about the autistic community, to finding like-minded friends and connecting with others, this book will give you everything you need to ask the question 'what does it mean to be me?' Learn alongside Min how the special things that make you YOU can also help find your own community. Discover your own strengths, boost your confidence, and learn how to start your journey as an awesome autistic person with the community by your side

The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud is a fun and easy-to read book that introduces how it is not only okay to be autistic, but it is something to be proud ofIt encourages the reader to explore their own autism, and to see how empowering it can be to belong to the autistic community. -- Niamh Garvey, Author of Looking After Your Autistic Self
Words like 'self-acceptance' or 'celebrate who you are' seem common. But it's hard to do. Travel with Min and learn together how being autistic is something to be proud of. It's who we are. We never need to apologize or copy others. Be proud! -- Dr. Wenn B. Lawson (PhD)

Yenn Purkis is autistic and non-binary and has published a range of books with JKP since 2006. They actively speak at autism conferences and have increasingly spoken and written on the crossover between autism and LGBTQ+ identities and received the ACT Volunteer of the Year award for work in Autism advocacy

Tanya Masterman is an autistic parent of an autistic teen and cowrote the The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide with Yenn Purkis. She is Canberra Coordinator for Gifted 2E Support Australia (a national support group for families of twice-exceptional young people) and a former Events Coordinator for Yellow Ladybugs, an organisation that supports autistic girls and gender diverse young people.

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ISBN 13	9781839977367
ISBN 10	1839977361
Titel	The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud
Autor	Tanya Masterman
Serie	Awesome Guides For Amazing Autistic Kids
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2024-02-21
Seitenanzahl	96
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