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Growing Up Undiagnosed: Surviving Childhood in New York City as an Undiagnosed Autistic

Growing Up Undiagnosed: Surviving Childhood in New York City as an Undiagnosed Autistic

Paperback

Series: Disability Studies

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 1915271363
ISBN13: 9781915271365
Publisher: Lived Places
Published: Jun 26 2024
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

What can experiences of social and sensory invalidation teach us about what in means to be autistic in a world created for the neuromajority?

Living as an undiagnosed autistic person in the loudest sensory city in the world, NYC, author Becca Lory Hector details her lived experience of social and sensory invalidation. Whether she refused to put on shoes, wore sunglasses inside, or asked direct questions, her very way of being was called into question, leading her to feel insignificant and unimportant. In a world created by and for the neuromajority, Becca's needs took a back seat as others felt her reality couldn't possibly be true.

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