It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for the autistic people in our lives. 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.
In Untypical, 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. The result: a practical handbook for all of us to make the world a simpler, better place for autistic people to navigate, and a call to arms for anyone who believes in an inclusive society and wants to be part of the solution.
| ISBN: | 9780008529307 |
| Publication date: | 14th March 2024 |
| Author: | Pete Wharmby |
| Publisher: | Mudlark an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Primary Genre | Mind, body, spirit |
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It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for the autistic people in our lives. 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.
In Untypical, 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. The result: a practical handbook for all of us to make the world a simpler, better place for autistic people to navigate, and a call to arms for anyone who believes in an inclusive society and wants to be part of the solution.
Untypical features in the following genres: Mind, body, spirit, Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, Coping with / advice about autism / Asperger’s, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace, Social and ethical issues, Health & Fitness, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Medicine and Nursing, Coping with / advice about neurodevelopmental issues, Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics, Family and health, Educational strategies and policy, Education, Society and Social Sciences, Personnel and human resources management, Management of specific areas, Management and management techniques, Business and Management, Economics, Finance, Business and Management, Society and culture: general
Untypical is available in Paperback, Hardback
Untypical was written by Pete Wharmby and published by Mudlark an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Untypical has 248 pages
£9.89
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