The Autism Diaries

By: Dempsey, Jack L.

What does it mean to be normal? What does it mean to matter?

In The Autism Diaries, Jack L. Dempsey pulls back the mask on a life lived at odds with society's shifting definitions of reality, normality, and meaning. Part memoir, part social critique, part philosophical exploration, this book challenges how we view autism-and how we view ourselves.

Through raw reflection and sharp insight, Dempsey examines the systems that shape us-politics, religion, education, medicine-and asks whether they nurture human evolution or hold it back. Weaving personal experience with wider research, he reveals the contradictions of a world that prizes conformity while overlooking the intelligence, creativity, and resilience found in difference.

This is not a manual, nor a manifesto. It is a diary in the truest sense: honest, questioning, and unafraid of contradictions. It is a book for anyone who has ever felt outside the "average," for those who wonder if ticking society's boxes really amounts to a life of meaning, and for readers who believe our future depends on embracing diversity of thought.

The Autism Diaries does not promise easy answers-but it leaves you with the questions that matter most.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSKLQ1T2
• ISBN13: 9798266933965
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"