A Life Lived Well as a Non-binary and Autistic Mental Health Advocate : Finding a Place of Hope Paperback / softback
by Yenn Purkis
Edited by Damian Mellifont, Jennifer Smith-Merry
Part of the Disability Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
What might it look like for an Autistic, non-binary person who lives with mental illness to live well and with hope?
In this book, author and advocate Yenn Purkis reflects on their experiences of life as an Autistic non-binary person who has a diagnosis of atypical schizophrenia. Exploring the intersecting areas of mental health and illness, neurodivergence and neurodiversity, and gender non-conformity, the narrative follows Yenn through experiences of incarceration, psychosis, employment, therapy both helpful and not, medication, diagnosis, stigma and anxiety.
Illuminating reading for students of disability studies, Autism studies, queer studies, and related social sciences, this book will also bring important perspective to those in practice and in training: doctors, psychiatrists, policy makers, teachers, and social workers. Yenn will describe a life well-lived, with and alongside Autism and mental illness, that will provide a vital perspective to anyone studying or working people who share these social identities.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:Lived Places Publishing
- Publication Date:22/02/2023
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- ISBN:9781915271273
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:Lived Places Publishing
- Publication Date:22/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781915271273
