{"product_id":"i-didnt-know-i-was-dying-an-autistic-record-of-institutional-decay-the-hidden-cost-of-being-different-9798233659539","title":"I Didn't Know I Was Dying An Autistic Record of Institutional Decay The Hidden Cost of Being Different","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. M. Hager\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: M.M.Hager\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: M.M.Hager\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it cost to be different in a world that punishes difference?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly two decades, the author worked, observed, adapted, and survived - without knowing why everything felt so much harder than it should. No diagnosis. No framework. No allies. Just an unrelenting effort to decode a social world that operated by rules no one ever explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Didn't Know I Was Dying\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply personal and scientifically grounded memoir that documents the slow collapse of a professional life under the weight of undiagnosed Asperger's, sensory overload, institutional betrayal, and chronic stress. Drawing on peer-reviewed research in neuroscience, trauma psychology, and organizational behavior, the author connects lived experience to science - not to justify, but to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story of triumph over adversity. It is something rarer: an honest account of what happens when a system fails a person, and what it takes to walk away before it is too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has ever felt invisible, misread, or quietly destroyed by an environment that was never built for minds like theirs - this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M.M.Hager","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593193734295,"sku":"9798233659539","price":1383.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233659539.webp?v=1774980952","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/i-didnt-know-i-was-dying-an-autistic-record-of-institutional-decay-the-hidden-cost-of-being-different-9798233659539","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}