{"product_id":"unapologetically-whole-a-memoir-about-autism-caregiving-and-owning-your-story-paperback","title":"Unapologetically Whole: A Memoir about Autism, Caregiving, and Owning Your Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLola Dada-Olley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this autism book for parents and caregivers, TEDx speaker Lola Dada-Olley has created a caregiver's guide to finding freedom within yourself while parenting kids who require lifetime care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This isn't just a memoir but an act of resistance.\" --Kiana Moore, vice president of content production at Vox Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes a village to raise a child, and raising a child with complex health care needs may require that village to be dismantled and rebuilt in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith over thirty years as a caregiver and disability advocate, Lola teaches readers that navigating life on the spectrum and parenting autistic children can lead to a whole life--and the realization that perfection is an illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLola is an attorney, advocate, podcaster, speaker, lifelong caregiver, and recipient of a Kim and Kasey Floyd Rural Social Justice Award from the American Council on Rural Special Education. She and her family also shared part of their story in Sensory Overload, a Vox Media documentary (Hulu).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this personal transformation book for caregivers, discover how to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erecognize the new lane you find yourself in, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eredefine what success can look like within your new parameters, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ereimagine what it means to thrive, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eidentify incremental progress as progress, and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etake back your life outlook!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gift for caregivers blends the personal restoration and self-care of Take Back Your Life with the vulnerable, matter-of-fact, hopeful messaging of We're Not Broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't have to disappear in service to everyone else. Whether you're facing caregiver burnout or navigating a loved one's trauma or disability, Unapologetically Whole is the guidance you need to embrace the assignment of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A testament to breaking generational cycles of erasure and martyrdom. It reminds us that caregiving does not require self-abandonment, and that even as we show up for others, our wholeness, dignity, and humanity matter too.\" --Lisa Hurley, author of Space to Exhale and founder of The Great Exhale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56425698787633,"sku":"9781634898409","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/cvilcc9Yqq9781634898409.webp?v=1790139105","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/unapologetically-whole-a-memoir-about-autism-caregiving-and-owning-your-story-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}