wishuponawish:

gizensha:

Since we’re on the subject of things to get to better understand autism, or to gift people so they can better understand autism…

…While fiction, rather than non-fiction, the novel On The Edge Of Gone by

Corinne Duyvis is excellent. Young adult post apocalyptic novel staring an young autistic woman, with lots of well written LGBTQIA+ side characters to boot, written by an openly autistic author, and as an autistic adult contains what might be the most real feeling depiction of autism I have ever read, fiction or non-fiction. It’s also a cracking good read.

Excellent book 10/10, have never related to a character so hard. And the autism stuff – the traits that come out like stimming by tapping fingers on their thigh, the sensory stuff, and even the “coming out” as autistic is just written so naturally, so properly, so damn well.

You never find out the trans girl’s deadname, and the MC has a special interest in cats.