{"product_id":"wired-to-feel-autism-as-a-condition-of-sensory-surplus-9781648486357","title":"Wired to Feel: Autism as a Condition of Sensory Surplus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful skills grounded in internal family systems therapy (IFS), neuroscience, and polyvagal theory to help you navigate your autistic brain, body, and mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, autistic psychologist Sarah Bergenfield explains how and why autism is an embodied condition of \u003ci\u003esensory surplus\u003c\/i\u003e--a conclusion she has reached through personal experience and empirical evidence. Psychotherapist Martha Sweezy joins Bergenfield in offering an adaptation of the internal family systems (IFS) therapy approach, as well as skills grounded in neuroscience and polyvagal theory to help you manage the sensory disorganization caused by an overwhelming world, so you can understand and advocate for your needs and cultivate lasting self-acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutism is a condition of perceptual diversity--characterized by differences rooted in heightened sensory awareness and intensity, and experienced simultaneously in the body, brain, and mind. Our responses to sensory stimuli, changes in routine, and lack of predictability manifest as the symptoms that \u003ci\u003eothers\u003c\/i\u003e may observe, such as difficulties with communication, socialization, shutdowns, and sensitivities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will guide you as you let go of the negative effects of being marginalized, othered, shamed, or stigmatized--so you can reclaim your confidence, live authentically, and flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Bergenfield,Martha Sweezy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Harbinger Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648486357","brand":"New Harbinger Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427393364105,"sku":"9781648486357","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_19afc5d8-78e2-42cf-931d-da3cbca5a27d.jpg?v=1774378080","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/wired-to-feel-autism-as-a-condition-of-sensory-surplus-9781648486357","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}