I started reading a preview of this book online and loved it, so I bought it. The more I read, the more I regretted this choice. The mini case studies throughout were great, and I think the first few chapters were a good read, but after that, I just got frustrated. 

It's meant for "all ages" and is thus written to be accessible. I love this, I really do, but I take huge objection to phrases like "special bathroom supplies" - you can say period. Don't enforce a sense of shame or taboo. On that note, telling readers to learn what music is cool (and noting that this does not include classical or opera music!) is so judgemental? For a book about neurodiversity, why are we so afraid of being different?! "It is not cool to hug and kiss your parents around friends" - what a fantastic bloody message, huh. Oh, and I shouldn't have said that if I were at a table - the word "blood" should be avoided. As should putting ketchup all over your food, apparently. 

I naively assumed that an anniversary edition of this book, released in 2024, might have been updated somewhat. It hasn't. The slang is ridiculously irrelevant. The more I write this review, the less I like the book. I knocked half a star off at this point.