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Normal sucks : how to live, learn, and thrive outside the lines / Jonathan Mooney.

How to live, learn, and thrive outside the lines (portion title)

Summary:

A writer diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD as a child explores the toll the system takes on kids who are not "normal" and advocates for a revolution in the way society thinks about diversity, abilities, and disabilities.

Mooney was a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was twelve. The realization that that he wasn't the problem-- the system and the concept of normal were-- saved Mooney's life and fundamentally changed his outlook. Here he explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they're trapped in environments that label them, shame them, and tell them that they are the problem. He argues that if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity, abilities, and disabilities, we can start a revolution. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 1250190169
ISBN: 9781250190161
ISBN: 9781250771261
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237).
Formatted Contents Note:	Not normal -- Normal hasn't always been normal -- Abnormal -- Normed -- Act normal -- Normal people suck -- The new normal -- Normal people are people you don't know very well.