“Because if someone had told me when I was younger that it was OK to not be like everybody else, that it was not my job to try to be "normal" and to "fit in," that my way of seeing the world was just as valid and important as everybody else's, then I think I would have found growing up a lot easier.” DifferentGrowing UpNormalSelf AcceptanceAutismAutisticAutism SpectrumAutism Acceptance Book:A Different Sort of Normal: The award-winning true story about growing up autistic Source: A Different Sort of Normal: The award-winning true story about growing up autistic