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Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide

How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic
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"Never be ashamed of being different: it is this difference that makes you extraordinary and unique."
 
This essential go-to guide gives you all the advice and tools youll need to help you flourish and achieve what you want in life. From the answers to everyday questions such as Am I using appropriate body language? and Did I say the wrong thing?, through to discussing the importance of understanding your emotions, looking after your physical and mental health and coping with anxiety and sensory overloads, award-winning neurodiversity campaigner Siena Castellon uses her own experiences to provide you with the skills to overcome any challenge.
 
With practical tips on friendships, dating, body image, consent and appearance, as well as how to survive school and bullying, The Spectrum Girls Survival Guide gives you the power to embrace who you are, reminding you that even during the toughest of teen moments, you are never alone.

Siena Castellon is a 17-year-old internationally recognised and multi-award-winning autism advocate and anti-bullying campaigner who is on the autism spectrum. She has won a BBC Radio 1 Teen Hero Award, Observer New Radical Award and the British Citizen Youth Award and is affiliated with the UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education. She lives in London with her parents and her pet dog Rico.

This is a truly wonderful and welcome addition to any school library, CAMHS service and a must read for any young woman who has autism - and indeed other learning-differences. Siena is a leading advocate and voice for young people and a champion of the neurodiversity movement. Like many neurodiverse young people, Siena calls for a paradigm shift in our understanding of intelligence, ability and employability that is relevant to the 21st Century. Siena not only challenges the stereotypes and stigma, but talks honestly about her own experiences, offering practical advice, guidance and encouragement to other young women with Autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia.

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