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We're Not Broken : Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia, 1990- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is We're Not Broken : Changing the Autism Conversation about?

**"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language."** With a reporter's eye and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to be autistic across America. Garcia began writing about autism because he was frustrated by the media's coverage of it; the myths that the disorder is caused by vaccines, the narrow portrayals of autistic people as white men working in Silicon Valley. His own life as an autistic person didn't look anything like that. He is Latino, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and works as a journalist covering politics in Washington D.C. Garcia realized he needed to put into writing what so many autistic people have been saying for years; autism is a part of their identity, they don't need to be fixed. In __We're Not Broken__, Garcia uses his own life as a springboard to discuss the social and policy gaps that exist in supporting those on the spectrum. From education to healthcare, he expl

Who reads We're Not Broken : Changing the Autism Conversation?

Author

Eric Garcia, 1990-

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Blackstone Publishing

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780358697145

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Psychology, Medical

Rating

4.7 / 5 (267 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14