But Everyone Feels This Way Audiobook

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically

For far too long I was told I was just like everyone else But knew it couldnt be true Living just seemed so much harder for me This wasnt okay This wasnt normal This wasnt functioning And it certainly wasnt fine

Paige Layle was normal She lived in the countryside with her mom dad and brother Graham She went to school hung out with friends and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be A break in routine threw off the whole day If her teacher couldnt answer why in class she dissolved into tears unable to articulate her own confusion or explain her lack of control

But Paige was normal She smiled in photos picked her feet up when her mom needed to vacuum instead of fleeing the room and earned high grades She had friends and loved to perform in local theater productions It wasnt until a psychiatrist said she wasnt doing okay that anyone believed her

InBut Everyone Feels This WayPaige Layle shares her story as an autistic woman diagnosed late Armed with the phrase Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD Paige challenges stigmas taboos and stereotypes while learning how to live her authentic autistic life