AWW22 Up Close and Different - Clem Bastow and Emma Jane

Chaired by Jane Howard.


In her warm and witty memoir, Late Bloomer, Clem Bastow writes
how her life was transformed after she was diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorder as an adult. Journalist turned academic Emma
Jane’s candid and darkly humorous memoir Diagnosis Normal
describes the many lives she lived with gusto before embracing a
new life when she too had a late diagnosis of autism. Both books
are funny, poignant and provide illuminating insight into the
experience of living as a neurodiverse person in a neurotypical
world.


Co-presented by Centre for Ideas, University of NSW.