It is difficult to know how other people feel, since we all assume we see, hear, and generally experience the world in the same way. For autistic people, the world they experience can be very different to ours. Autism: Respecting Difference is designed to help people who are new to autism understand how it might feel to be autistic, and how over- and under-sensitivities to incoming signals can overload the autistic brain, triggering anxiety and pain.
Key Features
- Illustrated by artist Jodie Zutt.
- Takes readers on a journey into the brainworld of autism.
- Explores how to reduce sensory overload.
- Focuses on establishing emotional engagement and interaction.
- Utilises a Responsive Communication approach.
Additional Information
The book helps to better understand and support those who live each day with the challenges of this condition, via the use of an individual's body language and themes that have particular meaning for them.
