TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mooney,Jonathan
TI  - Normal sucks: how to live, learn, and thrive outside the lines 
SN  - 9781250190161
AV  - HV1568 .M65 2019
U1  - 305.9/084092 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Mooney, Jonathan.
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Learning disabled
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW  - Dyslexia
KW  - Disabled Persons
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Dyslexie
KW  - EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities
KW  - EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives
KW  - fast
KW  - Handicapped
KW  - sears
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237); Not normal -- Normal hasn't always been normal -- Abnormal -- Normed -- Act normal -- Normal people suck -- The new normal -- Normal people are people you don't know very well
N2  - A writer diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD as a child explores the toll the system takes on kids who are not "normal" and advocates for a revolution in the way society thinks about diversity, abilities, and disabilities; Mooney was a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was twelve. The realization that he wasn't the problem-- the system and the concept of normal were-- saved Mooney's life and fundamentally changed his outlook. Here he explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they're trapped in environments that label them, shame them, and tell them that they are the problem. He argues that if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity, abilities, and disabilities, we can start a revolution. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -