AUTHOR EVENT – Pete Wharmby discusses ‘Different Minds: How We Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive’

House of Books & Friends is excited to welcome Pete Wharmby to discuss his book ‘Different Minds: How We Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive’. The event will take place on 1st September at 6pm, and will last one hour, and will include a discussion, a Q&A, and a chance to get your book signed by Pete.

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About the book

If you have an autistic child in school, you may be painfully aware that mainstream education wasn’t built with them in mind.

In Different Minds, former teacher and neurodivergence campaigner Pete Wharmby reveals what it’s really like to be autistic in school today, why so many children are misunderstood, and how we can help them.

Through a blend of impassioned storytelling and empathetic advice, Wharmby:

• Exposes the inadequacies of the current system.
• Reveals how neurodivergent differences are often mislabelled ‘challenging behaviour’.
• Explains how to bridge the gap between the autistic and non-autistic worlds.

Galvanising, validating and compassionate, Different Minds empowers parents, teachers and carers to take a stand for our children and create the conditions they need to truly thrive.

About the author

Pete Wharmby was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 34. Shocked by the statistics around depression, anxiety and life expectancy for autistic people, Pete has immersed himself in working to improve neurodiversity awareness, acceptance and making the world a more suitable place for the neurodivergent community to live in. Pete was diagnosed as ADHD in April 2024. He has written two books on autistic experience: Untypical and What I Want to Talk About: How Autistic Special Interests Shape a Life.