Foreword. 1. My name is Gabriel. 2. Everyday autism. 3. 'Sweet are the uses of adversity', or, every stick has two ends. 4. More life and times on Planet Autism. 5. 'When did you know?' 6. A cuckoo in the nest. 7. New school. 8. Growing up, or, fitting a square peg in a round hole. 9. 'But the greatest of these is charity.' 10. Many happy returns of the day. 11. Cousin Mary, Victor of Aveyron, and Peter the wild boy. 12. Autism: What is it? What causes it? What can be done about it? 13. 'Of my life story I know only the middle, not the beginning nor the end.' 14. Dark days. 15. Shit happens. 16. Turkeys don't cry. 17. A free spirit. List of quotations.
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The winner of the Mind Book of the Year Award was Growing up Severely Autistic: They Call Me Gabriel by Kate Rankin. This courageous book by the mother of an autistic boy was praised by judges Blake Morrison, Michele Roberts and Fay Weldon for its emotional honesty and the power and clarity of its writing.