{"product_id":"a-life-lived-well-as-yenn-purkis-9781915271273","title":"A Life Lived Well as a Non-binary and Autistic Mental Health Advocate: Finding a Place of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat might it look like for an Autistic, non-binary person who lives with mental illness to live well and with hope?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, author and advocate Yenn Purkis reflects on their experiences of life as an Autistic non-binary person who has a diagnosis of atypical schizophrenia. Exploring the intersecting areas of mental health and illness, neurodivergence and neurodiversity, and gender non-conformity, the narrative follows Yenn through experiences of incarceration, psychosis, employment, therapy both helpful and not, medication, diagnosis, stigma and anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating reading for students of disability studies, Autism studies, queer studies, and related social sciences, this book will also bring important perspective to those in practice and in training: doctors, psychiatrists, policy makers, teachers, and social workers. Yenn will describe a life well-lived, with and alongside Autism and mental illness, that will provide a vital perspective to anyone studying or working people who share these social identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yenn Purkis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915271274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915271273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lived Places Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Yenn Purkis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132318118143,"sku":"9781915271273","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2374648-423c-4f19-aadf-548266036b09.jpg?v=1687479506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-lived-well-as-yenn-purkis-9781915271273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}