How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover (eBook)

What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection and Belonging

Rodgers Jodi Rodgers (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
266 Seiten
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-80081-545-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'We could all use a Jodi in our lives' The New York Times'A splendid book, full of warmth and understanding' Mail on Sunday'Kind, patient, empathetic, non-judgemental and never pitying' TLSJodi Rodgers, on-screen autism specialist from Netflix's Love On the Spectrum, draws on three decades of experience as a teacher and counsellor to help neurodivergent and neurotypical people find ways to communicate, connect, and thrive. Blending the latest research on the neurology of the autistic brain with intimate, heart-warming stories about the incredible humans Jodi has worked with during her career, How to Find A Four-Leaf Clover helps us use this knowledge to better understand not only the behaviour of autistic people, but our own. Highlighting how we are more similar than we are different, and that everyone is deserving of love and connection, this inspiring book will help us become more empathetic and curious about all the relationships in our lives.

Autor

Jodi Rodgers is an Australian sexologist, counsellor and special education teacher with 30 years of experience working within the education, disability and sexuality fields. Her private practice 'Birds and Bees' helps neurodivergent people create love and connection. She is the on-screen relationship therapist for Netflix's 'Love on the Spectrum', a feel-good dating show for people with autism, broadcast in seven languages.

Rezensionen

Relationship expert and all-round lovely human

An empathetic counselor with more than 30 years of experience, Jodi Rodgers enters the world of many individual autistic people. She will serve as your guide to their inner experiences. This book will provide greater acceptance and understanding

We could all use a Jodi in our lives

Rodgers combines the latest research with real-life stories - the result shines light on all relationships

While reading Jodi's stories, I was warmly and consistently reminded that different does not mean less than

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2024
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Schlagworte: Amy Schumer and Chris Fletcher • autism careers • autism spectrum disorders • David Sedaris • Hannah Gadsby • Love on the Spectrum • neurodivergent work colleague • Neurotribes • Oliver Sacks • Quiet by Susan Cain • strong female character fern brady • Surrounded by Idiots • Temple Grandin • The Reason I Jump Naoki Higashika • Uniquely human by Barry M. Prizant
• ISBN-10: 1-80081-545-X / 180081545X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80081-545-2 / 9781800815452