Read Asperu Kanojo, it’s a manga about precisely this topic and it’s honestly the most dignifying and humanizing depiction of autistic people I’ve ever seen in any media anywhere
Michelle Fleming it’s up on mangadex. There’s no official translation at the moment but the publisher received a lot of interest from English speaking fans so it’s in the works
My entire conversation with people today: “uh huh….yeah…oh…hmm.” That was it. Meanwhile they talk a mile a minute AT me… not TO me. Only questions they ask, “Are you married? Kids? How OLD are you? Oh you looked younger” 🙁
Read Asperu Kanojo, it’s a manga about precisely this topic and it’s honestly the most dignifying and humanizing depiction of autistic people I’ve ever seen in any media anywhere
Where did you find it?
Michelle Fleming it’s up on mangadex. There’s no official translation at the moment but the publisher received a lot of interest from English speaking fans so it’s in the works
I seriously thought Convenience Store Woman was about an Asperger woman.
Saw this and started reading it immediately
That’s how it works. It can suck, relatively, when your autism identification comes along 36 years after your depression DX.
True.
sorry, it must be hard for you. just like it’s hard for us…
My entire conversation with people today: “uh huh….yeah…oh…hmm.” That was it. Meanwhile they talk a mile a minute AT me… not TO me. Only questions they ask, “Are you married? Kids? How OLD are you? Oh you looked younger” 🙁
Esmerelda Bohème oh I LOVE it when people assume that all there is to know about a woman is if she’s married and has kids 🙄