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Almost Normal: Navigating the world as an undiagnosed autistic adult

Belinda Copitch

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Almost Normal: Navigating the world as an undiagnosed autistic adult

Belinda Copitch

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    Belinda Copitch, PhD in identity development and a biology teacher, spent decades navigating life undiagnosed until receiving her autism diagnosis at sixty-four. In Almost Normal, she charts her research into autism through her own deeply personal experiences - from childhood struggles with conversation and social cues, to adult challenges with sensory overload and executive function.

    Drawing on interviews, her professional expertise and lived experience, Copitch explores the complexities of the autism spectrum: stimming, sensory assault, masking, special interests, and the exhausting work of appearing "normal". She challenges outdated perceptions and enlightens the reader, advocating for autism as a difference rather than a disorder, and celebrates autistic strengths - attention to detail, reliability, and original thinking.

    Almost Normal is for anyone with autism, those who suspect they might be autistic, and those who have an autistic person in their lives.

    Read this book if you wish to understand the autistic experience beyond stereotypes.

    ISBN : 978-1-83543-106-1

    Scheduled: 12/02/2026

    Pages : 138

    Size : 205x140

    Imprint : Olympia Publishers

    Belinda Copitch

    Belinda Copitch has a PhD in identity development, a subject on which she has spoken widely. She is trained as a biology teacher, and she divides her time between conducting social research and working as a supply teacher. She started her professional life as a dental hygienist and spent many years as a charity director. Her first book, Collaboration versus Competition in the Workplace, was aimed at the business market. This, her second, charts her research into autism. It is aimed at anyone who has autism, suspects they do or knows someone who does.

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