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True stories, especially miracles, are the best kind. They give us a reason to believe in ourselves, in others, in good, and mostly, reason to believe in God. After decades of trauma, loss, abuse, and severe autism, one mom decided to give up on experts and suffering and believe in miracles. So she got one. The prison doors that had trapped her son for over two decades were opened, and through his faith and sight, she was given hers. In the ashes of life they found out that faith in God was capable to do more than they could imagine, more than was possible.

If you are feeling lost, this is the book for you. Featuring deeply personal stories from the authors and other autistic people in their thirties, forties, fifties and beyond, you will be supported to explore your autistic identity and to learn how to build a 'life hand-picked' for your unique needs. It's time to be happier, healthier, less anxious - and to find the real you.

Brought to you by Penguin. The ground-breaking memoir of one woman coming to terms with her ADHD diagnosis, shedding new light on her past, her family history and reframing the condition For Carla Ciccone, the feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was all too familiar. At 39...

The Umbrella Picker tells the true story of a woman who was lost for 45 years until she learned that she is Autistic. After a long and relentless journey of searching for answers, the hand of fate finally revealed to her what she had waited a lifetime for. Learning she was Autistic was life changing. She is no longer lost, and having found her own, unique way, Jane has written the (brutally honest!) book she wished was available to her years earlier.

Phyll Zone spent a lifetime feeling lost. Labeled “lazy,” “spacey,” and “careless,” he struggled in a world that refused to speak his language. The constant storm of ADHD and the silent sabotage of dyslexia weren't just academic challenges; they were emotional earthquakes that shattered his self-worth. Lost in Translation is more than a memoir—it’s a revelation. It’s the story of a late diagnosis that finally provided the map to a bewildering mind, transforming a lifetime of shame into a powerful new identity.

When someone would tap along and rescue me from being sandwiched between these two hardbacks, sorry, did I frighten you? You never heard or seen a talking book. Well, me either. The majority of the time, I am the only one in the room, or shall I say, “on the shelf”? So many humans walk right past me, playing blind games by pretending not to see that the struggle is real. Talk about the lack of accessibility.

In this author's second book, she details her personal "Roadmap to Healing" that she discovered in order to overcome chronic depression, PTSD, agoraphobia, anxiety, night terrors, obsessive worrying, fibromyalgia, TMJ, plus more! So much devastation was heaped on her as a child due to the selfish act of sexual abuse, but her life has been transformed - and she wants to share what she has learned to help you heal.

As a 14-year-old psych ward patient, Harry realized he had a choice: let anorexia keep ruining his life or fight back against everything his mind told him was true. Now 22 years old, Harry delicately pieces together how his mind derailed to that point, what’s happened since he made his choice, and most importantly, what it’s taught him about life and how best to live it.

À 35 ans, Hugues réalise qu’il a vécu toute sa vie avec l’autisme (asperger) sans le savoir. Tous ses souvenirs sont à revoir à la lumière de cette nouvelle perspective. Il entreprend d’écrire une autobiographie dans le but de définir son identité, de construire enfin une histoire cohérente avec cette suite de souvenirs qui n’avaient jamais fait de sens.