Unapologetically Whole: A Memoir About Autism, Caregiving, and Owning Your Story

• 2026 International Book Awards Finalist- Book Cover Design category
• 2026 International Impact Book Awards Distinguished Author selection- Parenting and Women's Non-Fiction categories

In 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.

"This isn't just a memoir but an act of resistance." —Kiana Moore, vice president of content production at Vox Media

It 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.

With 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.

Lola 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).

Inside this personal transformation book for caregivers, discover how to

• recognize the new lane you find yourself in,

• redefine what success can look like within your new parameters,

• reimagine what it means to thrive,

• identify incremental progress as progress, and

• take back your life outlook!

This 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.

You 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.

"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