The Awesome Autistic Guide for Trans Teens

by Yenn Purkis, Sam Rose, Glynn Masterman (Illustrator)

Overview

Calling all awesome autistic trans teens! Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose want you to live your best authentic life - and this handy book will show you how!

With helpful explanations, tips and activities, plus examples of famous trans and gender divergent people on the autism spectrum, this user-friendly guide will help you to navigate the world as an awesome autistic trans teen.

Covering a huge range of topics including coming out, masking, different gender identities, changing your name, common issues trans and gender divergent people face and ways to help overcome them, building a sense of pride and much, much more, it will empower you to value yourself and thrive exactly as you are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839970764
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	06/21/2022
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,126,728
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.39(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Yenn Purkis is autistic and non-binary and has published a range of books with JKP since 2006. They actively speak at autism conferences and have increasingly spoken and written on autism and LGBTQIA+ identities and received the ACT Volunteer of the Year award for work in autism advocacy. Yenn lives in Canberra, Australia.

Sam Rose is an Autistic and non binary person. This is their first book. Sam works closely with LGBTQIA+ Autistic young people and their communities, and is studying to become an occupational therapist. They enjoy sport, gardening, and reading, and live in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. All About Autism and Gender Diversity
2. All About Being Gender Divergent
3. Some Well Known Autistic and Gender Divergent People
4. Being Trans and Autistic
5. All About Coming Out
6. Challenges About Being Trans and Autistic
7. Ways to Make Life Easier

Editorial Reviews

Much needed! In this beautiful collaboration, the amazing Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose have created a fantastic, easy-to-follow guide for Autistic young people (full of practical information and activities to help gender diverse youth work out their complex feelings).

Lyric (NeuroDivergent Rebel)