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A REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION Winner of the Autism Society of America's Dr Temple Grandin Award Autism is a different way of being human. By understanding autistic behaviours as strategies to cope with a world that feels chaotic and overwhelming, Barry Prizant seeks to enhance abilities, to...

Winner of the Autism Society of America’s Dr. Temple Grandin Award for the Outstanding Literary Work in Autism A groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world’s leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human—this is “required reading....Breathtakingly simple and...

"People flourish when they're understood." Having a brain that works differently affects how you think, communicate and behave. Too often, these differences are judged as flaws: children unable to concentrate are disruptive; colleagues unable to sit still are unproductive. It is only with proper...

A compassionate guide to embracing neurodiversity – from one of the world’s foremost advocates and the bestselling author of Uniquely Human As many as 20 percent of the population is neurodivergent, with conditions ranging from ADHD, autism and sensory processing differences to learning...