03239cam a2200517 4500 1754294209 TxAuBib 20241129120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250895769 1250895766 B0CPWSR7S1 Amazon b7415719-0944-4a86-97e4-ebc732addd35 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10333979 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Schembari, Marian. A Little Less Broken [Bridges eBook] : How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole. Flatiron Books, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. invisible illness. mother-daughter. chronic illness. Women's Health. mental health. misdiagnosis. love story. Healthcare. depression. asperger's. feminism. Misogyny. Anxiety. autism. memoir. audhd. ADHD. ASD. HTML:<p><b>One woman's decades-long journey to a diagnosis of autism, and the barriers that keep too many neurodivergent people from knowing their true selves<br /></b>Marian Schembari was thirty-four years old when she learned she was autistic. By then, she'd spent decades hiding her tics and shutting down in public, wondering why she couldn't just act like everyone else. Therapists told her she had Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sensory processing disorder, social anxiety, and recurrent depression. They prescribed breathing techniques and gratitude journaling. Nothing helped.<br /> It wasn't until years later that she finally learned the truth: she wasn't weird or deficient or moody or sensitive or broken. She was autistic.<br /> Today, more people than ever are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Testing improvements have made it easier to identify neurodivergence, especially among women and girls who spent decades dismissed by everyone from parents to doctors, and misled by gender-biased research. A diagnosis can end the cycle of shame and invisibility, but only if it can be found.<br /> In this deeply personal and researched memoir, Schembari's journey takes her from the mountains of New Zealand to the tech offices of San Francisco, from her first love to her first child, all with unflinching honesty and good humor.<br /> <i>A Little Less Broken</i> breaks down the barriers that leave women in the dark about their own bodies, and reveals what it truly means to embrace our differences.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-27 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7415719-0944-4a86-97e4-ebc732addd35&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7415719-0944-4a86-97e4-ebc732addd35&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)