Sincerely, Your Autistic Child, Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child, Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity

Author: Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport

Narrator: Stephanie Jean Mounce, Stephanie Jean Mounce

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2021

Synopsis

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are.

Most resources available for parents come from psychologists, educators, and doctors, offering parents a narrow and technical approach to autism. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child represents an authentic resource for parents written by autistic people themselves.

From childhood and education to culture, gender identity, and sexuality, this anthology tackles the everyday joys and challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic kids, youth, and young adults. Contributors reflect on what they have learned while growing up on the autism spectrum and how parents can avoid common mistakes and overcome challenges while raising their child.

Part memoir, part guide, and part love letter, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child is an indispensable collection that invites parents and allies into the unique and often unheard experiences of autistic children and teens.

About The Author

Emily Paige Ballou is an old Millennial from the Midwest who currently lives and works in NYC, where she primarily stage manages off-Broadway new plays and new musicals, including works such as the Hello Girls with Prospect Theater Company, Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat at the Adirondack Theatre Festival, and Rose with Nora’s Playhouse. She graduated from the University of Georgia, where she was also a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society. Previous publications include pieces in the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, The Real Experts: Readings for Parents of Autistic Children, NeuroQueer, Barking Sycamores, and Fuckit: A Zine.Sharon daVanport lives in the Midwest by way of their home state of Texas where they spent young adulthood writing short stories, poetry and serving as co-editor of their academic newspaper. After nearly a decade in social work, Sharon founded the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). Appointed by their state’s board of education, Sharon served a full term on the SILC board of directors. Publications include co-authoring a paper in Sage Pub Autism Journal, a chapter in Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Front Line, and pieces in Welcome to the Autistic Community, and Disability Visibility Project.Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, MA, is a global self-advocate, educator, parent and disabled person of color in a neurodiverse, multicultural, serodifferent family. A prolific writer, public speaker, and social scientist/activist whose work focuses on meaningful community involvement, human rights, justice, and inclusion, Morénike is a Humanities Scholar at Rice University’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and a member of several executive boards. Publications include: Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism, All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, and various peer-reviewed articles. Learn more at: morenikeGO.com.Autistic Women’s Network, renamed Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, (AWN), was founded as the first organization that focused on Autistic women, girls, and nonbinary people. They are an essential resource for autistic people, parents, and allies for dispelling stereotypes and misinformation around autism. More information can be found awnnetwork.org.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maegen on December 03, 2021

3.5, but I'll round up. I'm an autistic adult, so I'm not the target audience, so I overall found the book to have good tips at times, but it was still too surface level for me personally. Again, I'm not the target audience, but I kind of wish it had given parents more in letting them know things th......more

Goodreads review by akacya ❦ on April 05, 2021

This is a book everybody should read. I learned so much about the A/autistic community, what they (especially those who aren’t boys) go through, and how I can be a better ally. It’s amazing that so many people collaborated to help make this book the best possible by giving different perspectives. Com......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on September 24, 2021

10-15 years ago, when I first began teaching and caregiving, most of the books on autism I found were written by clinicians and parents of autistic children. This is the book I wish I’d had then, and am so grateful to have now. The essays in this collection share authentic, heartfelt, and entirely i......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on February 29, 2024

Always good, and important, to hear ASC voices that help us NT parents better understand our child's experience.......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on November 29, 2021

A collection of essays written by autistic adults discussing the things they wish their parents had known when they were children, even if they were not aware of it themselves in childhood. This covers different races and identities, which is good, because we still need to work on dispelling the mis......more

Quotes

“This book is absolutely required reading for parents, educators, and caregivers who interact with anyone on the autism spectrum.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review

“Anybody who thinks differently, and anybody who loves someone who thinks differently, will find this collection invaluable.”
—Hannah Gadsby, writer and comedian

“An essential anthology edited and written by Autistic people . . . I can’t wait to share and recommend this book—what a gift.”
—Alice Wong, editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

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