Upcoming Launch – 2024
Sign up now as a charter member of the Coming Out Autistic: An Adult’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year of Realization, community. You will be eligible for giveaways, early release specials, and a chance to meet the author, Vickie Flaugher, 1:1 during her virtual book tour.
In this true life memoir sprinkled with tips and resources like a self-help manual, follow Vickie on her emotional journey as a late realized Autistic adult. You will have a front row seat to her discovering the truth about herself, her relationships, and her life. With all the twists and turns of an Ugly Duckling fairy tale, Vickie walks you through realizing her Autism late in life, the mental and psychological impacts, and the social and individual fallout from her realization.
Autism is a genetic neurological delay condition, and there are tens of thousands of adults, like Vickie, who always knew something was different about themselves from early in life. However, due to a medical environment that overlooked people like her, the final piece of the mystery did not fall into place until her adulthood. And, when it fell in place, it landed rock hard and furiously fast.
This story includes Vickie’s experiences and point of view, as well as a brief medical history overview of Autism. She includes examples from others like her, highlighting the stunning similarity in the trauma journey many express within the Autism community. It’s not for the faint at heart, or those who prefer to live in denial of the need to pursue good mental health. If you are ready to hear the unvarnished truth, though, this book is for you.
The self-help portions of this book include ideas on how to spot Autism in yourself and others, reaching back into childhood behaviors, family relationships, school troubles, and adult employment challenges. It talks about the real and raw process of fully absorbing and accepting an Autism realization, which can be quite painful, especially in isolation. If you have ever wondered if you might be Autistic, reading this book could help you step forward toward both your truth and better health.
More than anything, for those out there in a holding pattern around this topic about themselves, this book will bring you hope. There is currently no cure or medication for Autism, but that doesn’t mean you have to continue to suffer like you have. You do not have to do this alone, because you are not actually alone. Other late realized adult Autistics have grown in self-awareness and overall well-being with the tools that are available to help you live your best life.
Lastly, the people around you will better understand you as well after they read this book, so plan on buying copies for all your friends, colleagues, and loved ones. The ones without Autism need to know the honest truth, too, and Vickie doesn’t hold back on describing what it’s like to live life as an unrealized Autistic. She puts words to the thoughts and feelings you have hidden, the thoughts and feelings that others in your life have never quite grasped, but need to know.
Sign up now to be a charter community member. You will get updates about the book launch, and qualify for goodies. You can also connect with Vickie’s Coming Out Autistic community on TikTok.