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by Katherine Sullivan (Author)
This is the first neurodivergent parenting book that works across every diagnosis - autism, ADHD, dyslexia, twice-exceptionality, and all the ways they overlap. The first that gives you the science and the exact words to say. The first that sees your child completely - not as a problem to be fixed, but as a person wired differently, with a specific architecture of strengths and challenges that, once understood, changes everything.
You've read six books. Tried four approaches. You love your child completely - and some days you are completely lost.
You are not failing. You are navigating something genuinely hard, without nearly enough support, and without a map built for where you actually are.
Shining Minds is the map.
Inside, you will find the SHINE framework - a practical, research-backed approach that covers every stage from first diagnosis to adolescence. You'll learn why meltdowns are neurological events, not behavioural choices, and exactly what to do during each of the five types. You'll discover why the three senses nobody taught you about explain most of what happens in your home. You'll understand masking - why your child holds it together all day at school and detonates the moment they see your face, and why that is the deepest form of trust.
And if, somewhere in these pages, you find yourself thinking this isn't just about my child - this is me: there is a chapter for you too.
Shining Minds is warm, rigorously researched, and relentlessly practical. It will make you cry. It will make you feel less alone. And it will give you something no other book in this space has offered: a complete picture of your neurodivergent child - and the tools to build a life that fits who they actually are.
Perfect for parents of neurodivergent children from toddlers through teens. Essential reading for anyone recently diagnosed - or recently realised they might be.
