The Autistic Survival Manual

di Jeffery Towery (Autore)

Jeffery Towery, 2025

What if the problem isn't you — but the world you were asked to survive in? The Autistic Survival Manual is a groundbreaking guide written for autistic adults, late-identified individuals, and anyone trying to understand the autistic internal experience with clarity, compassion, and honesty. Blending lived experience with deep psychological insight, this book offers a rare look inside the autistic mind — not as a disorder, but as a different cognitive architecture with its own logic, strengths, challenges, and internal language. Each chapter explores the emotional landscape, sensory realities, communication dynamics, boundaries, relationships, burnout cycles, and survival strategies that autistic people navigate every day. This is not another clinical manual. This is a human manual — written from the inside out. Inside this book, you will learn: Why autistic communication is complete, coherent, and often misunderstood How masking erodes identity — and how to rebuild authenticity What autistic overwhelm actually feels like, and how to manage it How to navigate relationships, boundaries, and emotional expectations How to regulate sensory load and prevent burnout Why autistic people process emotions differently — and how to translate that difference How to develop self-trust, self-advocacy, and self-compassion How to use tools (including AI) safely and effectively without losing yourself Every chapter builds toward a single message: You are not broken. You were never broken. You were simply taught to survive in a world that doesn't understand your operating system. Written with warmth, precision, and resonance, The Autistic Survival Manual provides both autistic readers and neurotypical allies with a shared language — a bridge between worlds. Whether you are autistic yourself, love someone who is, or work in psychology, education, or support roles, this book will deepen your understanding of autistic cognition and help you see autistic minds with new clarity. This is more than a survival manual. It is an invitation into a new way of understanding humanity — through truth, dignity, and the lived reality of autistic experience.

• Autore: Jeffery Towery
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Jeffery Towery
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232731366