This book explores what it is like to be an autistic child, through interviews with T, a 'psychologically unusual' thirteen-year-old. In this detailed case study, Vuletic and Ferrari combine an autobiographical account with a parental perspective, while simultaneously integrating psychiatric and psychological research on autism. The authors evaluate the merits and pitfalls of different interpretations of autism and address the broad psychological issues related to autism - intelligence; autobiographical memory; transitional period from childhood to adolescence; school and peer-based social skills training. The study includes results and interpretations of standard measures of self-concept, an IQ test and a psychiatric exam, contributing to the hitherto under-researched area of autistic self-knowledge. This book juxtaposes scientific and personal perspectives, shedding new light on the buzzword 'normal', where unusual is synonymous with autistic.