The Awesome Autistic Guide for Trans Teens by Yenn Purkis

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Calling all awesome autistic trans teens! Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose want you to live your best authentic life - and this handy book will show you how! With helpful explanations, tips and activities, plus examples of famous trans and gender divergent people on the autism spectrum, this user-friendly guide will help you to navigate the world as an awesome autistic trans teen. Covering a huge range of topics including coming out, masking, different gender identities, changing your name, common show more issues trans and gender divergent people face and ways to help overcome them, building a sense of pride and much, much more, it will empower you to value yourself and thrive exactly as you are. show less

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Sarah-Hope 1,169 reviews

What I liked about this book:
• Upbeat tone
• Takes absolutely nothing for granted and anticipates questions
• Non-excessive redundancy so it's easier to pick up and use
• Offers practice scripts for some situations
• Embraces broad definitions of both autism and trans/nonbinary identity

What I didn't like about this book
• Mostly I just wanted more, more more—it's pretty brief and bare-bones

What I don't like about this world
• That we need books like this (but I'm glad they exist)
• That life is getting more hostile toward trans teens and supportive family members
• That we need a section on bullying
• That the available pronouns don't match our actual diversity
• That cis-hetero-patriarchal structures exist all over the show more place, sending out messages about who does and doesn't belong.

I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own. show less

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