Welcome to Litsy!

I wish I'd had this book 25 years ago: hell, I wish I'd had it ONE year ago! I'd have been much kinder to myself. Written as an insider's take on life diagnosed late as on the autism spectrum, my over-riding response is "oh, thank God!". So many random things I thought were me being weird (e.g the contorted posture I prefer to sit in = seeking proprioceptive feedback!) or just baffling ineptitude (verbal pragmatics, anyone?) now make sense to me.

This book has been a miracle for me. Cynthia gives extraordinary detail and examples of how the ASD brain functions, and most importantly of all (for me) why it functions that way. I'm 25, and was never diagnosed as a child. Cynthia Kim has given me the user's guide to my brain, and advice on not only how to make my life easier, but advice for helping my NT loved ones understand me better. This is the most important book I own.