The Secrets of My Spectrum (Books by Callum Knight)

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Having an Autistic child myself, it helps me to better understand her thought process and how to possibly help her deal with them better. If I had been given this book as a teenager, I'd have discovered I am autistic a lot sooner and potentially saved a lot of stress and unhappiness. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I particularly liked the part you mentioned about describing model cars, with headlights etc, being on realistic roads following the Highway Code.

I'm not sure if I will be pursuing an ASD assessment just yet (at the age of 28, I'm not sure how much benefit I'd get from one), but I've found this book very helpful and comforting. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.I encourage everyone to read this to gain an insight into how people with autism live everyday and feel we can all learn to be more understanding and accommodating to all neurodivergent people. Written by a 16 year old, told in their own words, to give such an inspiring and heart warming perspective of their life and autism. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Every page is a part of this young man's life opened up before us that will resonate with every teenager who has Autism and help them to know that they are not alone. At 16 I wanted to help other kids like me to know they’re not alone and give them something to show their parents if they're not feeling able to explain their struggles.

I like how it's got someone's personal life and experiences in it to help others understand that they're never alone and not the only one going through it.This book was written in plain English, and very much from the perspective of actual personal situations. brilliant book that is going to help many people understand autism more and help children with autism know they are not alone with not enjoying certain things that others seem to. Part memoir and part guidebook to gaining a deeper understanding, The Secrets of My Spectrum offers a one-of-a-kind insight into the Autism Spectrum —written by a sixteen-year-old. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Wishing others understood autism from his perspective, the teen shares his insights, perceptions, reactions, and experiences living with autism, from the triggers that lead to anxiety and shutdowns to tips for coping with stressful situations such as travelling, socialising, and communicating.

It is a well written personal account explaining the way this individual experiences the world and what he does to help himself.