What do you think of the subtle per-chapter background images I've tested in this video? Tell me in the comments! I have grown from an autistic child who needed weekly lessons from a childhood psychiatrist in order to learn how to make eye contact, into an autistic adult who is flying high in an aeroplane made out of comprehensive coping mechanisms. The way I have made sense of my life, is to find repeated patterns and groupings of traits, the same as we do for the night sky. There does appear to be a unifying autistic core trait, however, which surprised me: Detail-oriented thinking.

📓 What I Mean when I Say I'm Autistic by Annie Kotowicz Available at: https://neurobeautiful.com/book/ 📑 Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon Price Available at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688819/unmasking-autism-by-devon-price-phd/

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