Whether you know it or not, you know somebody who is autistic.

So if you think autism doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong, says Eric Garcia, a senior Washington correspondent for The Independent. Garcia is the author of the book We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. The book was written partly out of frustration — frustration over the media’s coverage of autism, frustration over the myth surrounding autism, and the policies that have been shaped by society’s misconceptions.