Square Me, Round World
“Mum, the girl in this story thinks just like me. I know how they feel.”
What if a child could open a book and finally recognise themselves?
What if a parent could better understand what their child has been trying to tell them all along?
What if a teacher, grandparent, therapist, friend, or sibling could step into a Neurodivergent person's world for just a little while?
Square Me, Round World is a collection of neurodiversity-affirming stories that gently explore the lived experience of Autism, ADHD, and being different in a world that often expects everyone to fit the same mould.
Written by Autistic ADHDer psychologist Chelsea Luker and beautifully illustrated by Eliza Fricker, these stories help children feel seen, understood, and accepted - while helping the people around them understand them too.
Different isn't less.
Many Neurodivergent children grow up feeling like they don't quite fit.
They notice that things seem easier for other people.
They wonder why instructions can feel confusing.
Why friendships can feel complicated.
Why they're exhausted after a day at school.
Why the things that feel easy for everyone else can feel so hard.
And sometimes they start to believe that there must be something wrong with them.
This book was written to challenge that story.
Because different isn't less.
It's just different.
And sometimes different is brilliant.
The stories children remember
Inside the book you'll meet characters navigating experiences that many Autistic and ADHD children know well:
⏺ Feeling different
⏺ Finding your people
⏺ Masking and trying to fit in
⏺ Sensory overwhelm
⏺ Burnout and exhaustion
⏺ Big emotions
⏺ Communication differences
⏺ Self-acceptance
⏺ Belonging
Each story is short, accessible, and designed to spark meaningful conversations without feeling overwhelming.
Children often recognise themselves in the characters.
Sometimes for the very first time.
More than a children's book
One of the most surprising things about this book has been who connects with it.
Parents tell me they finally understand experiences their child has struggled to explain.
Teachers tell me it helps them see behaviour through a different lens.
Therapists use it as a conversation starter.
Autistic and ADHD adults tell me they wish this book had existed when they were growing up.
Again and again, people tell me the same thing:
"I felt seen."
What readers are saying
Who is this book for?
Neurodivergent children
Children who are Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, or simply feel different.
Children who need reassurance that they are not alone.
Children who deserve stories where they can see themselves.
Parents and caregivers
Parents trying to better understand their child.
Parents looking for a gentle way to start important
conversations.
Parents wanting their child to know there is nothing wrong with them.
Teachers, therapists and educators
Professionals who want to better understand Neurodivergent experiences.
Professionals looking for practical resources that are accessible, respectful, and neurodiversity-affirming.
Neurodivergent adults
Many adults have told me this book felt like a hug they didn't know they needed.
Because sometimes healing starts with seeing your younger self reflected in a story.
Why I wrote this book
As an Autistic and ADHD psychologist, I spend every day listening to stories.
Stories from children who feel different.
Stories from adults who spent decades wondering why life felt harder than it seemed to be for everyone else.
Stories from parents trying their best to understand and support their children.
Again and again, I found myself wishing there were more books that reflected these experiences.
Books that didn't try to fix Neurodivergent people.
Books that didn't present Autism or ADHD as something wrong.
Books that celebrated difference while honestly acknowledging the challenges that can come with living in a world that wasn't designed with Neurodivergent brains in mind.
Square Me, Round World became that book.
What's included?
⏺ A collection of seven neurodiversity-affirming stories
⏺ Beautiful illustrations by Eliza Fricker
⏺ Discussion questions to continue conversations
⏺ Additional resources and information
⏺ Stories suitable for reading together or independently
The book every Neurodivergent household should own
Whether you're buying it for your child, your classroom, your therapy room, your family, or yourself. My hope is simple.
That someone closes the book feeling a little more understood than they did before they opened it.
Because understanding changes things.
And everyone deserves to feel seen.
Order your copy of Square Me, Round World today.
Read it.
Share it.
Talk about it.
And help create a world where different isn't less.
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