4.3
Biografier
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 (Ljudbok): 9781509852130
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 4 maj 2017
4.3
Biografier
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 (Ljudbok): 9781509852130
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 4 maj 2017
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Pepper
8 feb. 2021
As a late diagnosed autistic woman myself, there is so much I can relate to. I must have put a hundred bookmarks. I love how well she explains how we see an feel the world.
Lina
10 dec. 2021
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Så väl beskrivetförmedlat och berättat! Hög igenkänning och som balsam för en ännu odiagnostiserad kvinna på 51 år som njuter av att få ta del av hur en autistisk kvinna tänker, känner och reagerar! Har aldrig tidigare hört någon som lyckats förklara sitt sätt att fungera på -som stämmer så väl överens med mitt eget sätt! Trodde alla upplevde världen på nästan samma sätt som jag har nu förstått att så verkligen inte är fallet! Har äntligen hittat den saknade förklaringsmodellen och pusselbiten som gör att jag kan se och få ihop hela bilden! Rekommenderas varmt! ❤️❤️🙏🏻❤️❤️
Jessica
6 feb. 2023
Så mycket fakta, invävt i en livsberättelse. Vackert beskrivet.
Sofia
1 okt. 2022
Så fint skrivet, så varmt, så tröstande. Älskar berättelsen och faktan. Älskar uppläsningen också.
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