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Your child is not broken, parent your neurodivergent child without losing your marbles, Heidi Mavir

eng

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non fiction

Your child is not broken

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Heidi Mavir

parent your neurodivergent child without losing your marbles

""Your Child Is Not Broken" is THE book for parents who need permission to do things differently. Heidi Mavir almost died working out why that was necessary. Part autobiography, part parenting manual, "Your Child Is Not Broken" is a no-holds-barred account of Heidi Mavir's discovery of her child's neurodivergence. It is the funny, irreverent and brutally honest story of Heidi's fight to be seen, heard, and supported, whilst swimming against a tide of parent blame, ableist stereotypes, and the weight of other people's opinions. It is the book no one has dared write but every parent needs to read. "Your Child Is Not Broken" is an unapologetic call to arms for parents and carers of Autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent children. "Your Child Is Not Broken" is for you if: - You love or care for a neurodivergent child or young person. - You are a wrung-out, worried parent who has had enough of no one listening. - You lack the confidence to trust your gut. - You wish you had the gumption to tell a few more people to bugger off. - You need to know you are not alone. Heidi's hilarious anecdotes and heartbreaking storytelling offer validation, comfort, reassurance and wisdom to parents who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired"--Publisher's description

Foreword -- When the wheels came off in school: masking, burnout, and "school refusal" -- Touching the gate: "resilience", behaviour modification, and priortising your child's trust -- Nothing like rain man: the danger of stereotypes -- "Why would you want to label your child?": the dignosis dilemma -- Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life: now that's what I call ableist gaslighting volume 3 -- The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: the domino effect of discovering my child's neurodivergence -- I might kill myself: the personal cost of keeping it all together -- Trauma and stress responses: a whistlestop tour of polyvagal theory -- Community: an antidote to loneliness -- Final thoughts: permission to become THAT parent -- Afterword: what the fig? -- From the horses's mouth: what does Theo have to say aobut all this? -- School refusal: a mother's experience of parental blame by Megan Robertswon -- Parental blame and the pathological demand avoidance profile of autism -- House of cards by Charlotte Gale -- And finally