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Its time to remake the world the groundbreaking book on what steps we should all be taking for the autistic people in our lives

The modern world is built for neurotypicals needless noise bright flashing lights small talk phone calls unspoken assumptions and unwritten rules it can be a nightmarish dystopia for the autistic population In Untypical Pete Wharmby lays bare the experience of being different explaining with wit and warmth just how exhausting it is to fit in to a world not designed for you
But this book is more than an explanation After a late diagnosis and a lifetime of masking Pete is the perfect interlocutor to explain how our two worlds can meet and what we can do for the many autistic people in our schools workplaces and lives The result a practical handbook for all of us to make the world a simpler better place for autistic people to navigate and a call to arms for anyone who believes in an inclusive society and wants to be part of the solution