num_pages: 184
description: In this manga essay anthology follow the true stories of nine people (including the illustrator) navigating life with developmental disorders and disabilities.This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and successes of individuals learning to navigate daily life with a developmental disorder. The comics follow the stories of nine people including: a junior high dropout finding an alternate path to education; a former troublesome child helping kids at a support school; a so-called problem child realizing the beauty of his own unique quirks; and a man falling in love with the world with the help of a new medication. This book illustrates the anxieties and triumphs of people living in a world not quite built with them in mind.
language: English
title: My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
publisher: Seven Seas