The book’s subtitle is “Changing the Autism Conversation,” and Garcia does this by putting the voices of autistic people front and center, in direct contrast to most autism research which is written by neurotypical people and (he says) is more focused on finding a “cure” for autism, or on forcing autistic people to behave according to neurotypical norms, as opposed to helping them find ways to exist within the world that work for them. Funding for the autistic community also follows those lines. I definitely found it especially eye-opening when he interviewed nonverbal autistic people; without knowing it, I’d fallen into the trap of assuming that people who couldn’t communicate on my terms had little to say to me, which is far from the truth. Garcia also delves into the problems made worse by intersectionality; autism diagnoses (and solutions) have historically been focused towards cisgender white men. Unfortunately the book gets extremely dry and repetitive, which made it hard to get through, but I appreciated the perspectives provided, from people who often aren’t consulted before decisions are made that have a huge impact on them.