Hi, I’m Julie
My son, Carson, was diagnosed with autism when he was three. But like so many women, it took me a long time to realize I might also be on the spectrum. I was finally identified at 44. You can read about my experience in HuffPost.
The Autistic Mom explores what it means to be an autistic woman raising an autistic child. Thank you for joining me here.
My writing has been featured in Washington Post, HuffPost, Globe and Mail, Parents, Chatelaine, Today's Parent, and more. I have appeared on various shows and podcasts, including CTV, BBC Radio, Global News, Sirius XM, and CBC Radio. In 2024, I was a finalist for the CBC Nonfiction Prize. For more information, visit juliemgreen.ca.
My memoir, Motherness, is now available for pre-order.
“A funny, unflinchingly honest, and deeply compassionate memoir about one woman’s experience of raising an autistic child while discovering she is also on the spectrum.”
Advance praise for Motherness:
As more women come to recognize their own neurodivergence, Julie has gifted us with a beautifully-written and incredibly relatable memoir weaving together journeys of self-discovery, motherhood, and radical acceptance. Readers will come away feeling seen, understood, and never again alone.
—Emily W. King, Ph.D., child psychologist and author of Learn with Dr. Emily Substack
In Motherness, Julie Green offers a beautifully written, deeply attuned account of raising an autistic child while simultaneously making sense of her own late-discovered autistic identity. Raw, honest, and thought-provoking, Julie’s story will resonate with any neurodivergent parent who recognizes parts of themselves in their child, and wants to embrace these common threads to foster deeper connection and acceptance.
—Debbie Reber, author of Differently Wired and founder of Tilt Parenting
Motherness is a beautifully told, deeply validating account of late discovered autism and the intersecting experience of being both an autistic woman and the mother of an autistic child. This is more than a memoir, it’s a mirror for those who have long felt unseen - it brings visibility, validation, and hope to a new generation navigating late discovery, motherhood, and identity with radical honesty.
—Catherine Asta, author of Rediscovered and host of The Late Discovered Club podcast
Motherness is all about loving the child you’re raising and accepting the parent you are. A fiercely honest and wildly compassionate memoir. Occasionally heartbreaking and often laugh out loud funny. I loved this book.
—Ann Douglas, author of Parenting Through the Storm
Motherness is that rarest of books—a memoir that looks inward but also out, shining a light on the personal in a way that refracts out to dazzle us all. In her unflinching and yet wholly tender focus on seeing—seeing and celebrating her child and then also, ultimately, seeing and celebrating herself—Julie Green has charted a path for all of us, parent and non-parent alike, to follow into a brilliant, better world.
—Amanda Leduc, author of Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
Motherness is powerful, thought-provoking, and frankly, impossible to put down. It left me questioning my own assumptions and considering how we can create a world where autistic individuals are truly understood, supported, and celebrated.
—Ingrid Smith, Parent Educator at The Way Forward Coaching
Julie Green’s debut memoir Motherness is informative, offering interesting insights into a multi-faceted history of autism spectrum disorder, and it is also a deeply felt, personal account of what it is like to raise a neurodivergent child as a neurodivergent mother. But much greater than the sum of those parts, Green’s gorgeous writing carries this deeply human story, which is filled with curiosity, honesty, humour, and above all, love.
—Harriet Alida Lye, author of Natural Killer and Let It Destroy You
