THE THINGS SCIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME
“To be neurodiverse and show it, takes a lot of guts. You have to know how to train it, to use it, and not be hindered by being an odd shape”
Camilla was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when she was eight years old. She struggled to understand the world around her, and once asked her mother if there was ‘an instruction manual for humans’. Her first book, Explaining Humans, is a guide to navigating life, love and relationships using the lessons she’s learned in her scientific career so far, drawing on examples from how the different proteins in the human body can reflect the different roles in a social group, to the way how light refracts through a prism helping her to break down fear into something manageable.
IN WHAT WAY DO YOU STRUGGLE TO COMMUNICATE?
Well, firstly open-ended questions aren’t my forte, I think that’s quite important to know. This whole book highlights why open-ended questions are hard; I’m on the autistic spectrum and I also have ADHD, but that doesn’t define me. I don’t fall victim to my neurodiversities. They empowerwithout them.
