Published on 12, July, 2020
Thought I'd create a thread for essays and other long reads on autism.
Here's an interesting essay by Katherine May, an author who was diagnosed autistic aged 38.
Autism from the Inside: https://aeon.co/amp/essays/the-autistic-view-of-the-world-is-not-the-neurotypical-cliche?__twitter_impression=true
Autism from the Inside: https://aeon.co/amp/essays/the-autistic-view-of-the-world-is-not-the-neurotypical-cliche?__twitter_impression=trueGreat [link removed by Moderator]. Thank you for sharing, it's very important for our society.
Thanks for that, Sunflower, it was a very well written and thoughtful read. It made me recall when I was first loaned a copy of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime. I was first struck by the reviewer quotes on the cover; most of which were along the lines of; "wow, I so understand autism now after reading this" - and my immediate thought was; "how would they know that?". People mistake a believable characterisation for an accurate or representative one all too easily!
The essays on this blog are beautifully written:
https://semioticspectrumite.wordpress.com/
Thank you so much for posting that link Sunflower! That's given me the tools to look at my own autism in a different light and take another step forwards in understanding. So much to highlight and go back to in that essay. Thanks again!