Illuminated: Autism & All The Things I’ve left Unsaid

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HarperCollins today announce it has acquired ILLUMINATED: Autism & All the Things I’ve left Unsaid by Melanie Sykes – a debut memoir that sees Sykes telling her story in full for the first time and revealing how her recent autism diagnosis has shed new light not only on her own life and varied career, but how we can make our society a more inclusive and empowering one.

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