Wenn B Lawson

What does it mean to live at the intersection of autism, physical disability, trauma, and resilience? In Autism and Physical Disability, Wenn B. Lawson shares a deeply personal account of late-diagnosed autism shaped by decades of misdiagnosis, physical and emotional pain, and a lifetime of mistrust born from trauma. Animals, birds, and the natural world become sources of solace, offering a pathway back to meaning and connection. This narrative blends lived experience with research, opening a rare window into the life of an older, trans, disabled autistic person who chose self-acceptance, love, and hope over despair. It challenges readers to confront the overlooked struggles of autistic people while providing a roadmap of resilience, healing, and reconciliation.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the experiences and challenges faced by autistics who have not been understood or accommodated due to their monotropic cognitive style. This book aims to increase understanding and awareness of monotropism, its tributaries (object permanence; external senses and connections to interoception) as well as offer a roadmap to aid and support autistic monotropic individuals. The topic of monotropism and its tributaries, as well as their impact upon quality of life, is vital for medical and allied professionals to comprehend. This book explains these terms and their role in autistic behaviour and fills a critical gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive resource that addresses the specific needs of this population.

Jesse, a keen but secret skateboarder, has to endure being 'different' as an autistic non-binary child and is having to deal with bullying, death of their dad, birth of a baby sister plus 'familial' abuse. Jesse's story relates to their early and middle years of childhood and will appeal to autistic or otherwise neurodivergent and typical children, between the ages of 13-16. Jesse is trying to work out what being comfortable or not, feels like; how to discern 'true' friendship; how to separate 'appropriate' from 'inappropriate' and how to connect school expectations on their work, when it isn't interesting. Jesse is also occupied with the need to protect their baby sister from the familial abuse they experience, but without upsetting the adults in their life. All of these daily experiences are complicated by Jesse's autism. Jesse has written down much of their mindful debates in their diary, which forms the book along with Elizabeth Talbot's beautiful and brilliant illustrations, that depict Jesse's drawings, also from their diary. The book is written by an autistic author and is broadly based on their own life experience, although dramatized and written in non-graphic detail of the abuse but rather hints to recognising and being able to tell and get support.

This comprehensive and accessible guide is for every birthing and health professional looking to improve their care during pregnancy, birth, and aftercare for autistic women. With a distinct lack of scientifically approached work in this area, this much-needed book takes an intersectional, feminist approach and covers the background of modern birth practices and autism as a diagnosis. With intersectionality as a core feature, the impact of cultural differences, underdiagnoses, stigma, and stereotypes amongst ethnic minorities is also included. It discusses how pain functions in the autistic brain as well as co-occurring conditions such as alexithymia, chronic pain, epilepsy, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This multidisciplinary author team includes two well-established autism experts, and an experienced midwife and lecturer who provides invaluable birthing insight, as well as approaches for sensation management during birth, insider knowledge on midwifery protocols, and accessible tools for autistic pregnant people and families to use.