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We'Re Not Broken (Paperback)
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We'Re Not Broken (Paperback)
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Loot Price R363
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You Save R116 (24%)
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"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents,
friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like
on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For
too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the
road signs are written in another language." With a reporter's eye
and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to
be autistic across America. Garcia began writing about autism
because he was frustrated by the media's coverage of it: the myths
that the disorder is caused by vaccines, the narrow portrayals of
autistic people as white men working in Silicon Valley. His own
life as an autistic person didn't look anything like that. He is
Latino, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and works
as a journalist covering politics in Washington, DC. Garcia
realized he needed to put into writing what so many autistic people
have been saying for years--autism is a part of their identity,
they don't need to be fixed. In We're Not Broken, Garcia uses his
own life as a springboard to discuss the social and policy gaps
that exist in supporting those on the spectrum. From education to
healthcare, he explores how autistic people wrestle with systems
that were not built with them in mind. At the same time, he shares
the experiences of all types of autistic people, from those with
higher support needs, to autistic people of color, to those in the
LGBTQ community. In doing so, Garcia gives his community a platform
to articulate their own needs, rather than having others speak for
them, which has been the standard for far too long
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