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‘What a remarkable book by a unique and extraordinary man. I fell in love with Jason’s family, especially the incredible Giff (what a mother, what a woman!) and I cheered at every infuriating brick wall she and Jason smashed down’ – Kathy Burke, author of A Mind of My Own ‘You did it...

Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organized around rigid ideas of the "ideal" and the "normal" citizen—ideas that always exclude neurodiversity. In this pathbreaking book, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday argue that the neurodiversity movement offers ways to mobilize against not only ableism but also other "isms" including racism and capitalism.

Great and Unfortunate Things is Jason Arday’s memoir of overcoming remarkable challenges and responding to adversity with resilience, published days before his untimely death on August 14, 2026. Jason Arday grew up in a lively corner of South London as the second youngest of three boys. He was...