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Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

16 reviews

teatales's review against another edition

3.75

Overall quite good and I learned some things. Written in quite a conversational way, with contractions etc that was interesting. Still a bit confused why so many things had triggers but the section on Nazis and eugenics didn't.  A little tokenistic at times I think, could have included more perspectives and experiences. The author is a little prone to hyperbole too if you're unfamiliar with her work 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Bullying

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

heddaway's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Such a wonderful book. So I decided to write a review.
I feel seen and understood trough the book. I remembered stuff from my childhood which I hadn‘t remembered a long time. 

She writes from the point of view of a fairytale about the life, especially the life with ADHD and ASS. And that we all will find our „happily ever after“. I really can’t wait to find mine. At the moment I am hopefully that i will find it.

And I really hope that the book will be translated into german, so I can give it to my mum. Maybe it helps her to understand me, too. So it’s not just for sufferers, it may helps also others to understand sufferers better!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

This book is aimed at young AFAB adults but as a 39 year old late diagnosed autistic woman I found it to be extremely validating. Chloe's writing style exudes natural ease and positivity which made the serious, challenging and important information accessible to all. Her choice to refer to Disney and fairytale metaphors throughout made everything easily digestible and memorable. Both of these things also gave us a lot of Chloe. Unapologetic, eye sparkling, infectious Chloe.

I found the sections about how rigid education and employment systems fail us, how incorrect language and labelling is ableist and about menstruation particularly interesting. I also thank Chloe for discussing autistic women and sexual assault, including her own experiences.

I'd definitely recommend this book to newly diagnosed autistic females of any age and their parents/significant others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Despite not being the target audience for this book, or having read much non-fiction in my time, I wanted to pick up Chloé’s book to get an insight into the life of a neurodivergent person from the source. And this book definitely delivered on that.

I think it is a really important and enlightening read for neurodivergent and neurotypical people alike. It was interesting to see the research and facts displayed against Chloé’s lived experiences to further understand the lives of neurodivergent, and more specifically autistic and ADHD, people.

I liked the Disney references woven through to reinforce the point, particularly given the fact that Disney is one of Chloé’s “eye sparkles”.

The writing style was easy to read and follow, and it was more enjoyable than I thought it might be, not being a big reader of non-fiction books. The book is not perfect, it could’ve been refined slightly in terms of repetition and there are a few references that could’ve been phrased a bit better to get the point across clearer but I think for what the book is at its core and how it stands out compared to others on the same topic, these can be pushed aside and don’t make the book any less worthy of being a must-read.

I really hope this can be the start of resources about neurodiversity written for and by neurodivergent people because, as Chloé highlights, there is a severe deficiency at this stage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

lara_r's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship