Finding Your Superpowers

Develop Your Autistic Superpowers!Finding Your Superpowers intentionally mimics and uses popular images of superheroes. The book is a quick read with a fun and approachable format for a wide age range. The author has interviewed families and experts extensively, including talking/consulting directly with adults on the spectrum and has included examples, stories from individuals and families, as well as resources and further information resources in the text.At the end of each chapter, the reader can note their discoveries. Through their individual strengths, autistic people can experience a positive and fulfilling life. The systems that surround neurodiverse people put more emphasis on the persons deficits and/or developmental delays, rather than affirming those differencesoften feeding low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. This book is a guide to engaging or challenging these systems, and how to nurture each persons superpowers. It is hard, but attainable.Every autistic person is unique in their personal sensory experience, their personal traits, and the effects of autism they experience. The aim of this book is to help you and your allies discover and nurture your personal strengthsbe they sensory abilities, personality traits or intereststo help you live a fuller and more satisfying life. Discovering and nurturing a persons superpowers can bring meaning to life, a feeling of positive self-worth and a path for a person to follow in contributing to their family and community lifethe goal of this book.