On my daily walk this morning, I ran into the same person I mentioned in the post above. They were birding again.
They said they had started reading the book, and asked if it focuses on people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. I said I recall it focusing on people with schizophrenia, but that the LEAP method is useful for all kinds of situations.
Then I took autism as an example, and revealed the fact that I'm autistic. I explained how people don't listen and empathize (the "L" and the "E" in LEAP) when we talk about our lived experience. Someone will report sensory overstimulation and be met with flat out disbelief, or minimization.