The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud by Tanya Masterman

The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud by Tanya Masterman

This awesome guide introduces autistic kids to the autistic community and promotes positive self-image by encouraging them to take pride in their identity and find their own place in the community.

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.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781839977367
ISBN 10	1839977361
Title	The Awesome Autistic Guide to Being Proud
Author	Tanya Masterman
Series	Awesome Guides For Amazing Autistic Kids
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2024-02-21
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.