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    My Life on the Autism Spectrum: Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth
    My Life on the Autism Spectrum: Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth
    My Life on the Autism Spectrum: Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth
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    My Life on the Autism Spectrum: Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth

    By Tracey Cohen

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    Up Close and Very Personal. In her third book, Tracey Cohen gets more personal about her own journey living on the autism spectrum. Her goal of exposing herself so candidly is to help others know that they are not alone in their journey and to help smooth their path. She aims also to help neurotypicals more clearly understand life on the autism spectrum.

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    PublisherTracey Cohen
    Release dateAug 11, 2020
    ISBN9781005192082
    My Life on the Autism Spectrum: Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth
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    Tracey Cohen

    Tracey Cohen, a lifelong competitive runner, freelance writer, and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the age of thirty-nine. Sharing her own struggles and discoveries, she aims to empower others to learn, accept and find peace in an ever complicated neurotypical world. She is also an experienced ultrarunner, and has competed in thousands of races around the world, including two Boston Marathons and two 100-mile competitions. Tracey has been running for over 30 years and seeks to share the simple pleasures of putting one foot in front of the other and beyond. Tracey lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan with her treasured Labrador Retriever, Bailey Kennedy.

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      My Life on the Autism Spectrum - Tracey Cohen

      My Life on the Autism Spectrum:

      Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth

      TRACEY COHEN

      Published by Pacelli Publishing

      Bellevue, Washington

      My Life on the Autism Spectrum:

      Misunderstandings, Insight & Growth

      Published by Pacelli Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2020 by Tracey Cohen

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law.

      Limit of Liability: While the author and the publisher have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representation or warranties with respect to accuracy or completeness of the content of this book. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. Consult with a professional when appropriate.

      All photos used with permission.

      Cover and interior designed by Pacelli Publishing

      Cover and author photos by Martin Wooledge Photography

      Published by Pacelli Publishing

      9905 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, #D-103

      Bellevue, Washington 98004

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Bewilderment and Difficult Relationships

      Institutionalized as a Preteen

      Education and Employment: Challenges and Achievements

      My Journey to Diagnosis

      My Top Six Challenges

      Running: My Heart and Soul

      Final Thoughts

      Best Practices for People with Autism

      Note from the Author

      Recommended Resources

      Dedication

      It is all too easy to view people who are different from the norm as unpleasant, annoying or even downright weird. It takes a special person to see past first impressions, challenging behaviors and views different from one’s own.

      People on the autism spectrum are often assumed to be strange, difficult, aloof.

      This book is dedicated to each and every person willing to not only accept our differences but be appreciative, welcoming and ready to learn our viewpoints as well as the ways in which we function best and why this is so.

      Thank you to everyone who has extended kindness, shown patience and understanding or is ready to learn just how boring and ineffective our world would be if we were all the same.

      Introduction

      In the pages that follow, I will entrust you with many intimate details about myself, many of which cause me a great deal of shame and embarrassment. But this is not a self-serving cleansing.

      I was born with autism, but my family and I did not even know the word autism, let alone its meaning or that it is part of my essence, until I stumbled upon the information at thirty years of age. Nine years later I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum.

      As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I have found the strength to more openly share my story with a single goal in mind; I wish to help.

      I know what it’s like to be misunderstood and excluded; to feel alone, confused and

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