| Foreword
Jess Wilson | p. ix |
| Letter from the Editors | p. xiii |
| Early Memories, Childhood, and Education | |
1 | Acknowledge Vulnerability; Presume Competence
B. Martin Allen | p. 3 |
2 | It's Us Against the World, Kid
Brigid Rankowski | p. 7 |
3 | What Autistic Girls Wish Their Parents Knew About Friendship
Jane Strauss | p. 13 |
4 | What Your Daughter Deserves: Love, Safety, and the Truth
Kassiane Asasumasu | p. 21 |
5 | What I Wish You Knew
Katie Levin | p. 27 |
6 | Change the World, Not Your Child
Lei Wiley-Mydske | p. 31 |
7 | Empathy and Non-Verbal Cues
Dusya Lyubovskaya | p. 35 |
8 | The First Time I Heard of Autism
Anonymous | p. 39 |
9 | What I Wish My Parents Knew About Being Their Autistic Daughter
Heidi Wangelin | p. 41 |
10 | A Particular Way of Being
Karen Lean | p. 47 |
| Acceptance and Adaptation | |
11 | A Daughter's Journey: Lessons, Honesty, and Love
Jennifer St. Jude | p. 57 |
12 | Still Your Child
Ondrea Marisa Robinson | p. 71 |
13 | Perfect in an Imperfect World
Haley Moss | p. 75 |
14 | Who Gets to Be Diagnosed? And Who Does It Serve?
Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán | p. 85 |
15 | Unconventional
Amythest Schaber | p. 89 |
16 | I Wish I Wasn't So Hard on Myself Back Then
Kayla Smith | p. 95 |
17 | Ten Things I Wish My Parents Had Known When I Was Growing Up
Amelia "Mel" Evelyn Voicy Baggs | p. 101 |
18 | I Am an Autistic Woman
Amy Sequenzia | p. 111 |
19 | The View from Outside the Window
HW | p. 121 |
20 | Finding Me: The Journey to Acceptance
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu | p. 125 |
21 | Autism, Self-Acceptance, and Hope
Lynne Soraya | p. 129 |
| Intersectional identity and Finding Community | |
22 | Keep Her Safe; Let Her Fly Free
Maxfield Sparrow | p. 139 |
23 | Tell Me I'm Autistic
Anonymous | p. 149 |
24 | Autism, Sensory Experiences, and Family Culture
Mallory Cruz | p. 157 |
25 | Safe Harbors in a Difficult World
Kayla Rodriguez | p. 167 |
26 | Give Your Daughters Autistic Community
Jean Winegardner | p. 173 |
27 | A Parents' Guide to Being Transgender and Autistic
Alexandra Forshaw | p. 177 |
28 | On Surviving Loneliness and Isolation, and Learning to Live with Loss
Lydia X. Z. Brown | p. 183 |
29 | There's a Place
Emily Paige Ballou | p. 189 |
| Conclusion
Beth Ryan | p. 193 |
| About the Editors | p. 196 |
| Contributors | p. 198 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 205 |
| Notes | p. 207 |