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Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
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Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
Autistic people -- Canada -- Biography.
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Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
Autistic people -- Canada -- Biography.
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I
overcame
my
autism
and
all
I
got
was this
lousy
anxiety
disorder
: a
memoir
/ Sarah Kurchak.
by
Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
Douglas & McIntyre, 2020
Call #:
616.85882 K968i
Subjects
Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
Autistic people -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781771622462
Description:
xi, 228 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"An autistic writer's
memoir
of the detrimental effects of pretending to be normal, and her impassioned call to redefine what is considered a successful life. Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn't let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In
I
Overcame
My
Autism
and
All
I
Got
Was This
Lousy
Anxiety
Disorder
, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become "an autistic success story," how the process almost ruined her life and how she is now trying to recover. Growing up undiagnosed in small-town Ontario in the eighties and nineties, Kurchak realized early that she was somehow different from her peers. She discovered an effective strategy to fend off bullying: she consciously altered nearly everything about herself--from her personality to her body language. She forced herself to wear the denim jeans that felt like being enclosed in a sandpaper iron maiden. Every day, she dragged herself through the door with an elevated pulse and a churning stomach, nearly crumbling under the effort of the performance. By the time she was finally diagnosed with
autism
at twenty-seven, she struggled with depression and
anxiety
largely caused by the same strategy she had mastered precisely. She came to wonder, were
all
those years of intensely pretending to be someone else really worth it? Tackling everything from
autism
parenting culture to love, sex, alcohol, obsessions and professional pillow fighting, Kurchak's enlightening
memoir
challenges stereotypes and preconceptions about
autism
and considers what might really make the lives of autistic people healthier, happier and more fulfilling."--From publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
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