Normal Sucks

How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines

De: Jonathan Mooney

Narrado por: Jonathan Mooney

This program is read by the author.

Confessional and often hilarious, in Normal Sucks, a neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father meditates on his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeed.

Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn - individually, uniquely, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was 12, the realization that that he wasn’t the problem - the system and the concept of normal were - saved Mooney’s life and fundamentally changed his outlook. Here he explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they’re trapped in environments that label them, shame them, and tell them, even in subtle ways, that they are the problem. But, he argues, if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity, abilities, and disabilities, we can start a revolution.

A highly sought-after public speaker, Mooney has been inspiring audiences with his story and his message for nearly two decades. Now he’s ready to share what he’s learned from parents, educators, researchers, and kids in a book that is as much a survival guide as it is a call to action. Whip-smart, insightful, and utterly inspiring - and movingly framed as a letter to his own young sons, as they work to find their ways in the world - this audiobook will upend what we call normal and empower us all.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Jonathan Mooney (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

I needed to hear this.

This was a tough story to listen to since the author’s story is so closely aligned to mine. I wish I could have my hubs and children listen to it. Thank you Jonathan Mooney! Thank you!

Normal does suck

The concept of normal is overrated and the reason why is explained well here. so many of us are told for the first 18 years of our life that we are not normal and won't amount 2 as much as the normal kids will. this book explains why they were all wrong.

Beautiful

I don’t normally take the time to write reviews, but this one deserves an emphatic 5 star recommendation! Hilarious, relatable, heart-warming, tear-jerking at times, and deeply thought provoking, this book is for anyone. It will inspire you to be a better human in the truest sense of the word.

Great story...very strong message

I'm not a person who did have any deficiencies as described in this book but I found the story to be a great story that many like myself should hear and take to heart. Growing up I tended to be one who protected other kids who were picked on and treated different. I wasnt a popular person in school but I was one who nobody wanted to mess with. I couldn't tell you then why I did what I did, but even then I knew somehow that kids who were different or thought to be different all had their own traits and personalities that made them rockstars in my mind. A great book and i thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

What a ride!

This book will take you on a historically enlightening, philosophically challenging, emotional ride that will stay with you for the rest of your life. If you have children this book is essential.

being not normal is normal

I admire the story and context that went into this book. It is raw and authentic which makes it so powerful. A must for anyone questioning, 'what is normal?'

Amazing listen!

Mooney made the SPED teacher I was an admin that I am today. He transformed my thinking on my own disability and the students I serve.

Highly inspirational!

Jonathan struggles to read and writing and yet he narrated his own book!
I loved the content, the message, and have so many things to think about now!

This book is the definition of "Must Read"

Wish that I could thank Jonathan Mooney in person. His research and words brought my mind "to its knees" a few times. Well, I hope Mr. Mooney reads this review because I want to do the following:

1. Thank you for opening your experience to me. 2. Thank you for giving of your time to give the history of "normal" and "biodiversity."

One critique though:
Chapter 8 should have a warning label that reads: Kleenex box prerequisite. The tears had a healing effect, Mr. Mooney.

Wow

This books explains everything going on in the world today… the world needs to embrace differences!