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Devon's avatar

Wow, I am both totally floored and flattered that you created this wonderful piece that converses so actively with the book, god do I love to see art in collaboration with other art, *and* I'm struck with the fact that by quoting from you in my books, I've denied you a bit of that opportunity to step away from the public eye when it comes to writing about Autism. The stories that we've told and the processing that we've both done out in public have both become these...things... that exist outside of us. I haven't always had the reigns on how much I share or where I share from, either. And it's hard sometimes to tell the difference between throwing back the veil of shame to be openly unabashed in oneself, and...searching for yet another way to try and dazzle and elide and over-justify my own and others' existence for an external audience.

So much of what you have written about neurodivergence and related topics has brought such clarity to me, where before there was only shame and confusion. It happens both in the little details that are so recognizable, and in your theoretical approach, which has given so many of us a new way of venturing into discussions about neurodivergence that weren't getting anywhere useful before. I'm very happy to see the conversation between our bodies of work continuing on in this way. I'm so lucky to know you!

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Graham Landi's avatar

“Sometimes I worry that I’m not really autistic,” I said. Hard relate. This is a layer of shame that exists outwith other layers of neurodivergent shame.

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