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What I Want to Talk About
- How Autistic Special Interests Shape a Life
- Narrated by: Pete Wharmby
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Publisher's Summary
'This book isn't a memoir. It is a love letter to the phenomenon of autistic hyperfixation.'
A fascinating exploration of the autistic experience from leading advocate, Pete Wharmby.
In What I Want to Talk About, popular autism advocate Pete Wharmby takes listeners on a journey through his special interests, illuminating the challenges of autistic experience along the way. Funny, revealing, celebratory and powerful in equal measure, this is an audiobook that will resonate with many, and which should be required listening for anyone who wants to understand autism with more accuracy and empathy.
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- Yael Clark
- 06-12-2022
Brilliantly structured and profoundly informative.
Thank you, Pete. Monotropism at its finest! This Autistic psychologist was spellbound from the getgo.
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- Adam Duncan
- 19-07-2023
Recommended reading!
Just finished my second listen to Wharmby’s other book, Untypical, and loved the dovetailing of the two while keeping each to their own purpose, too. Pete has such a great way of explaining the neurodivergent experience.
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