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Biografieën
What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself?
Laura James found out that she was autistic as an adult, after she had forged a career for herself, married twice and raised four children. Odd Girl Out tracks the year of Laura's life after she receives a definitive diagnosis from her doctor, as she learns that 'different' doesn't need to mean 'less' and how there is a place for all of us, and it's never too late to find it.
Laura draws on her professional and personal experiences and reflects on her life in the light of her diagnosis, which for her explains some of her differences; why, as a child, she felt happier spinning in circles than standing still and why she has always found it difficult to work in places with a lot of ambient noise.
Although this is a personal story, the book has a wider focus too, exploring reasons for the lower rate of diagnosed autism in women and a wide range of topics including eating disorders and autism, marriage and motherhood.
This memoir gives a timely account from a woman negotiating the autistic spectrum, from a poignant and personal perspective.
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509852130
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 mei 2017
4.3
Biografieën
What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself?
Laura James found out that she was autistic as an adult, after she had forged a career for herself, married twice and raised four children. Odd Girl Out tracks the year of Laura's life after she receives a definitive diagnosis from her doctor, as she learns that 'different' doesn't need to mean 'less' and how there is a place for all of us, and it's never too late to find it.
Laura draws on her professional and personal experiences and reflects on her life in the light of her diagnosis, which for her explains some of her differences; why, as a child, she felt happier spinning in circles than standing still and why she has always found it difficult to work in places with a lot of ambient noise.
Although this is a personal story, the book has a wider focus too, exploring reasons for the lower rate of diagnosed autism in women and a wide range of topics including eating disorders and autism, marriage and motherhood.
This memoir gives a timely account from a woman negotiating the autistic spectrum, from a poignant and personal perspective.
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509852130
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 mei 2017
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So
7 apr 2021
Ik vond het prettig hiernaar te luisteren. Veel dingen zijn herkenbaar voor mij en ik herkende mijn moeder ook in het verhaal. Wat mij betreft is het een zeer goede zaak dat er steeds meer persoonlijke verhalen over autisme gedeeld worden. Ik hoop dat men gaat realiseren dat een behandeling of oplossing voor autisme een kwetsende suggestie is en dat er meer geïnvesteerd wordt in het inclusiever maken van de samenleving, in plaats van atypische mensen te leren zich aanpassen, of een medicijn voor autisme te blijven zoeken. 🙏🏼
Jo
5 jan 2021
Top boek over en voor vrouwen met autisme
Sanne
27 nov 2023
Well written in a romance me-form.
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