Publisher's Synopsis
Travis puts the birds and bees of puberty and sexuality to rest in this real book using real terms for teaching teenagers with autism about sex. Travis says if you do not teach your kids about sex then someone else's kid is going to be the one to end up teaching them and that could be a disaster waiting to happen. Travis says we must teach the slang words so that your child does not get bullied. This is a great book that will help parents talk to their teenagers about sex and puberty. It gives you step by step directions on how to explain puberty and sexuality to your child. It also gives you some ideas for what to say when they ask you questions about their body changing or about having sex with someone. Travis shares how he was bullied by his peers because he did not know anything about sex and this was in college. No one had ever talked to him about it and he had to teach himself by doing a lot of research to understand it. He was stuffed in trashcans, locked inside of lockers, and even hit and punched as punishment for not knowing about sex. This is a great book for those wanting some guidance and reassurance on how to teach their autistic teenager about sex, sexuality, and puberty. This book is highly recommended for parents to read along with their teenagers as they are both trying to gain an understanding of sex, sexuality, and puberty. Here is an excerpt from this book. "I did not learn about sex until I was in college and other men started talking to me about it and making fun of me because I had never experienced it or tried it and I knew basically nothing at all about it. The other men in college were willing to teach me about it for a fee that I would have to pay them. They told me that I had to pay them because I had autism and that I was different than everyone else. This really bothered me and made me feel like I was being singled out. I just wanted to be like the other guys but did that mean that I necessarily had to have sex?"
