Thumbsucker: The Stories of Our Lives: Therapeutic Reflections

Thumbsucker: The Stories of Our Lives: Therapeutic ReflectionsSpoilt. Weirdo. Fussy. Hypochondriac. Chatterbox. Eliza spent her childhood being told she was all of these until her autism diagnosis as an adult revealed why she had experienced the world so differently. But what does it mean to grow up knowing you are different, misunderstood, 'difficult'? Funny, witty and tender, Sunday Times bestselling author and illustrator Eliza Fricker, uses her own memories of growing up in the 80s to explore how

By his late teens

many ADHD women are misdiagnosed with anxiety or depression

yet minimalist type-driven design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages

This book isn't a memoir

The world is full of people who are a little different

Covering a range of experiences from multiple ages

a thirteen-year-old nonbinary kid discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan—especially when they start public school for the first time

and bounce off the walls

- Consider medication

and coping with sensory overload

What followed were decades of managing his condition and learning to live within the narrow limits it imposed on his life: no motorways

Ndopu's remarkable journey to reach beyond ableism