Overwhelmed with sensory processing issues people with autism struggle to make their brain focus on all of society's unwritten social rules. The Aspie mind must learn how and when to engage and disengage with others properly so that they can make friends, find employment, and be successful in life. This book will teach others what it is like to be inside someone with autism's mind trying to analyze each social situation to begin to understand the social context of knowing how and when to engage or disengage with other people. Sometimes not only do human beings like social engagement they also like their space and like to be left alone. Someone who has autism might spend years trying to learn the social rules of the engagement part only to then find out that there are certain times when they will have to learn how to disengage as well. This is a first hand personal perspective of what it is like trying to overcome sensory overload to balance the social world so that a person can be good at being social and making friends.
About the Author: Travis lives in Huntington, Indiana. He graduated from Huntington North High School in 2004. He has a sister and resides with his family in Huntington. He also has a new niece that is part of his family. Travis was diagnosed with autism in October of 2007. He shares his journey of how he learned to celebrate autism in order to help others live more meaningful lives.
