Our Autistic Lives

By: Alex Ratcliffe

Narrated by: Ric Jerrom, Katy Sobey, Mark Meadows, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Lucy Price-Lewis, Gavin Osborn

This collection of narratives from autistic adults is structured around their decades of experience of life, covering 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60 and 70s+. These are varied and diverse, spanning different continents, genders, sexualities and ethnicities, yet the author highlights the common themes that unite them and skilfully draws out these threads.

Each chapter is based on accounts from one age group and includes accounts from people of that age, giving an insight into the history of autism and signifying how gaining a diagnosis (or not) has changed people's lives over time. The book is about ageing with an autistic mind and helping the listener find connections between neurotypical and neurodiverse people by acknowledging the challenges we all face in our past, present and future.

©2020 Alex Ratcliffe (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd