Technology Leader and Army Veteran Releases Memoir on Late Autism Diagnosis

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. - March 13, 2026 - PRLog -- After more than three decades working in enterprise technology leadership, Army veteran Patrick Santry is sharing the story of a discovery that reframed his entire life. His new memoir, Thin Ice: Survival, Identity, and Learning Who I Was All Along, explores what it means to spend a lifetime navigating the world before finally understanding the wiring behind how your mind works.

Santry built a career in systems architecture, engineering leadership, and digital transformation, helping organizations design complex technical systems. But the systems he built for himself were even more important. Like many adults who grew up before autism was widely understood, Santry spent decades adapting to the world without realizing he was autistic. A late diagnosis brought clarity to experiences stretching from childhood through military service and a long career in technology.

"Receiving the diagnosis didn't change who I was," Santry says. "It explained it."

Thin Ice traces a journey from working-class neighborhoods in Erie, Pennsylvania, to military service and eventually into leadership roles in the technology industry. Along the way, the memoir explores themes of resilience, identity, and the quiet strategies people develop to navigate environments that were never designed for how they think.

The book includes a foreword written by Santry's daughter, Katie Santry, a social media creator with a large audience who reflects on what it was like growing up with a father who experienced the world differently but didn't yet have the language to explain it.

Launching just ahead of Autism Acceptance Month, Thin Ice offers a perspective that is increasingly resonating with adults who are discovering neurodivergence later in life, particularly in fields like technology and engineering where many individuals have historically gone undiagnosed.

Thin Ice: Survival, Identity, and Learning Who I Was All Along will be released March 31, 2026 and will be available through Amazon.

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