"AN AUTISTIC BOY WHO BEAT THE ODDS."
"A wonderful insight into an extraordinary life." - Peter Holmes PhD
Looking For Normal is the memoir of autistic author, musician and filmmaker, Steve Slavin. His childhood obsession with music, led to a life-long career in the creative arts, albeit one plagued by clinical depression and the symptoms of a condition he was unaware of until 2008. In recounting the 48 years that led to his autism diagnosis, this darkly humorous memoir will inform and inspire anyone with an interest in mental health and autism. But more than this, it is the story of an "emotionally disturbed child, without a future" who, against the backdrop of low expectation, became an ambitious, independent adult, with a wife, daughters, and a career stifled by the long shadow of his childhood dysfunction.
"Insightful, inspiring, informative and entertaining. Looking For Normal is not just about overcoming the adversities of life, it is also about accepting, embracing and celebrating everything that comes with having autism."
- Dr Rai Fayette Senior practitioner Educational Psychologist, Academic and Professional Tutor.
