Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope

Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner: Family and Medical Book of Excellence Award Winner: Family Publishers Weekly, starred review, PW Book of the Week, August 2023 At twenty two, Jennifer Cramer Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment. Then she received a devastating autoimmune diagnosisand suddenly, rather than planning for a bright future, she found herself soaking a hospital pillow with tears and

rectal cancer

three of whom have an SEN diagnosis

we are in this beautiful

It also celebrates the positives that come with being an autistic teacher

as well as a therapist's guide to how to find the right therapist

but one which very few of us ever really think about

life-affirming work of narrative nonfiction celebrates the power and beauty of the neurodivergent mind

She is also an alcoholic

from puberty to menstruation to sexual pleasure

She also shares the story of her daughter Chloé Hayden's journey to receiving an autism diagnosis

and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted

interferes with healthy development