num_pages: 174
description: Donkey Burgers is the mostly-true story about going from being an awkward autistic kid in special school to being an awkward autistic adult trying to come to terms with family, the real world, sexuality and trauma. It is a fictionalised account of life at a special school and beyond written by an author who attended one. It is aimed at anyone who is interested in a more nuanced narrative about disability. Everything in the book has happened in the author's life, but many names have been changed to protect identities. It is a fictionalised account of an autistic life from infancy to early adulthood. This is a book that has been very difficult to write, as it covers many traumatic and difficult events. This book contains discussion of abuse, csa and suicide.
title: Donkey Burgers: A mostly-true story of growing up with autism