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020 _a9781510732841
_q(hardback)
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035 _a(OCoLC)1009006933
040 _aNHP
_beng
_erda
_cNHP
100 1 _aO'Toole, Jennifer Cook
245 1 0 _aAutism in heels :
_bthe untold story of a female life on the spectrum /
_cJennifer Cook O'Toole ; foreword by Navah Paskowitz-Asner.
246 3 _aUntold story of a female life on the spectrum
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSkyhorse Publishing,
_c2018
264 4 _c2018
300 _axx, 248 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 245-248).
505 0 _aBackwards in heels: my story in reverse -- Camouflage: hiding in plain sight -- Life with the volume turned up: intense minds, intense...everything -- Executive, functioning: girls can be professors, too -- Mythbusters: open heart emotion -- The land of anywhere but here: predators and fandom families -- The statue of Venus: friends, rules, and red high heelss -- So this is love: autism by gaslight -- Hurts so good: our epidemic of self-harm -- Semicolon: the story of a sisterhood.
520 _a"Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit, candor, passion, and power. Her journey is one of reverse-self-discovery not only as an Aspie but--more importantly--as a thoroughly modern woman. Beyond being a memoir, Autism in Heels is a love letter to all women. It's a conversation starter. A game changer. And a firsthand account of what it is to walk in Jennifer's shoes (especially those iconic red stilettos). Whether it's bad perms or body image, sexuality or self-esteem, Jennifer's is as much a human journey as one on the spectrum. Because autism "looks a bit different in pink," most girls and women who fit the profile are not identified, facing years of avoidable anxiety, eating disorders, volatile relationships, self-harm, and stunted independence. Jennifer has been there, too. Autism in Heels takes that message to the mainstream."--Page [2] of cover.
600 1 0 _aO'Toole, Jennifer Cook.
650 0 _aAUTISM
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650 0 _aFEMALES
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650 0 _aAUTOBIOGRAPHY
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650 0 _aBIOGRAPHY
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655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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655 7 _aBiography.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01423686
700 1 _aPaskowitz-Asner, Navah
_eauthor of introduction.
901 _aSYNDROMES
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948 _hHELD BY NWIHC - 68 OTHER HOLDINGS