A review by joymargot
How to Be Autistic by Rachel Morgan-Trimmer

4.0

I devoured this in an evening and it had me nodding along in agreement and laughing out loud!

There were a few things that didn’t sit well with me such as the use of the word “tribe” and saying “normal” instead of neurotypical/allistic. There’s also a couple of graphics with low contrast between the background and text, but all in all I think this is a great introduction to autism. It’s quite surface-level but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially for its intended audience. It’s incredibly visual and I loved the accompanying illustrations.

While it’s aimed at adults, I think this would be a really useful resource for teenagers too.

Thank you to Firebird for the ARC.