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Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism by Elizabeth Bartmess, Autistic Self Advocacy Network

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adamo010's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

saras_books77's review

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5.0

A comforting and relatable read if you did not know you were autistic until you were an adult.

curiosityp's review

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Lots of relatable content

I'm struggling to put my enthusiasm into words!

There were so many "AHA! YES! THIS!" moments reading this anthology. I really appreciate the plurality of perspectives and subjects broached.

Every single piece was interesting, and most of them resonated with me immensely.

I was happy to read pieces from activists whose excellent work I've followed for some time (Amythest Schaber, Morénike Gina Onaiwu), and really thrilled as well to discover other writers (Samantha Hack, A. J. Odasso, ...)

I felt seen, I was very moved and encouraged by it all.

sidra's review

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Not really sure what to add. The book is definitely helpful if you're diagnosed as an adult. It's lots of different things, essays from different people. It's a short read, if you're considering buy it, go, buy it.