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Chris Bonnello

Autism Advocate
Autistic Not Weird
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United Kingdom
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City 
Nottingham
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Languages 
English
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Chris Bonnello is an autistic writer, author and special needs tutor, formerly a primary school teacher. He is also a novelist, an award-winning writer and international speaker on autism issues, and author of autisticnotweird.com.

Bonnello was first assessed for autism in 1989, at the age of four. Despite a damning report into his deficiencies, he did not receive a diagnosis since he was deemed academically capable. At the age of ten, an educational psychologist reported him as having a “slightly odd personality”. Since his Asperger Syndrome diagnosis at the age of 25, he has turned his attitude around and defined himself by his strengths rather than his weaknesses, and encourages other autistic people to see their own strengths.

Having qualified as a teacher and worked in both primary and special education, he launched Autistic Not Weird in April 2015, to share his insights from both a personal and professional perspective. This venture has seen his website receive over 2.5 million page hits to date, and attracted over 130,000 followers to his Facebook page.

Bonnello delivers talks across Britain (and as far away as India and Australia), has been nominated for five awards to date (winning four), has played chess internationally (winning nothing), captains his local Boys’ Brigade company, and published his first non-fiction book in 2016. His novel series, Underdogs - a dystopian war series whose heroes are students from a special school – began in May 2019 and now stands at two novels published out of four.

His personality remains slightly odd.

Current position (3)

Autism Advocate

Autistic Not Weird

Special Needs Tutor

Independent Special Schools

Author

Unbound Publishing

Degrees (3)
Creative Writing
Nottingham Trent University
2015 to 2017
PGCE Primary
Nottingham Trent University
2008 to 2010
Mathematics with Education
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2004 to 2000
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Books & Articles (3)

What We Love Most About Life
UK Book Publishing,
2016
Underdogs
Unbound,
2019
Underdogs: Tooth and Nail
Unbound,
2020

Expertise (12)

Education
Family & Parenting
Health & Well-being
Autism Autism spectrum disorder Asperger Syndrome Aspergers 21st Century education Alternative Education Support for special needs Special Education Special Education Needs

Awards & certifications (7)

Not The Booker Prize (Shortlisted)
The Guardian
2020
Blog Post with the Biggest Impact (Shortlisted)
BAPS SEND Blog Awards
2020
Outstanding Achievement by an Individual on the Autism Spectrum (Winner)
National Autistic Society Professionals' Awards
2019
Online Social Network Award (Winner)
AKO Autism Hero Awards
2018
Advocacy, Policy and Media (Winner)
Learning Disability and Autism Leaders List
2018
Top Journalism Award (Winner)
AKO Autism Hero Awards
2017
Positive Role Model, Disability (Shortlisted)
National Diversity Awards
2017
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Why choose me? 

I am an educator with both personal and professional autism insights, who loves building people up.

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