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mostly reading (very slowly) about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sometimes sci-fi

it/they/she, aphantastic system, not a person

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wants to read Schattenspringer by Daniela Schreiter (Schattenspringer, #1)

Daniela Schreiter: Schattenspringer (Hardcover, Deutsch language, 2014, Panini Comics)

Daniela ist Autistin. Seit ihrer Diagnose wollte sie einen Comic darüber zeichnen, wie es ist, …

we're following Fuchskind a while on fedi already, so gotta read her visual books on growing up as Autistic child eventually :3

one of the few German authors on Autism that don't fall into the "Autism Mom" scheme, i.e. the books are actually from the perspective of the kids. Apparently the books can be quite helpful for the kids, relatives, and everyone else in the social circles :3

Uta Isaki: Is Love the Answer? (GraphicNovel, 2023, Kodansha Comics)

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers …

lighthearted discussion of an inner coming out as aromantic and asexual

it's a pretty light-hearted read about a girl that thinks she's broken, but with the help of new friends realise she's actually aromantic and asexual!

read it a while ago, after it got recommended in a local aro/ace group (turned out a local library had a translation of this book, but we read it electronically in the English version).

there was a scene about "cheating" that we didn't like so much, but otherwise it was a nice read 💚🖤💜

Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Paperback, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton)

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The …

it's a bit scary to start reading yet another piece of fiction, given the afantasia (and difficulty keeping track of characters and their relations), but we're giving this book/series a try. this book (first in series of four) is by the same author of the other short series I enjoyed plenty ("Monk & Robot").

there's a list of characters on Wikipedia, and it doesn't look too complicated.

Devon Price: Unmasking Autism (Hardcover, 2022, Harmony Books)

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, …

A book I wish it would be translated into > 50 languages

Radical and intriguing, this isn't the common book about Autism that you find in bookshelves, especially not written in languages other than English. This groundbreaking book, written by an Autistic and transgender author, is all about those hidden, 'masked' Autistics, especially from intersectionally marginalised populations, like Black, trans, women and other marginalised genders, and people with other disabilities on top.

Dr. Price takes a radical approach of harm reduction and social justice, identifying how much harm the ableist & capitalist society inflicts on Autistics (and on other neuro-divergent and disabled people, but really on everyone), forcing them into obscuring their disabilities, so that they can conform to 'normality' and function in an alienating, industrial society that punishes our quirks. The book helps neurodivergent people identifying their disability (seen from the social model of disability), and guides neuro-divergent people how they can actualise their own identity and identity their own values …