@Brendadiffley
It's beautiful, isn't it? Did you see this quote from #ElleMcNicoll?

“I said to the BBC, it has to be autistic-led. There’s this expression: ‘Diversity is being invited to be party, inclusivity is being asked to dance’. But what if we threw the party? What if it was our party?” ❤️

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/11/a-kind-of-spark-autistic-led-cbbc-show?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I feel quite spoiled for #autistic content and characters at the moment:

- I started watching #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo and I am LOVING it

- I found #ElleMcnicoll's brilliant #AKindOfSpark in the #library, and devoured it whole - the first #fiction #book
I've finished in years

- I (belatedly) read #HannahGadsby's article about her late-diagnosis #autism (whole sections of which I could apply to my own life with barely a word changed)

- I (very belatedly - only 10 years late) binge-watched #SomeGirls on #BBCIplayer and am already missing the characters - especially #ND Saz

Well done, world - keep it up!

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/19/hannah-gadsby-autism-diagnosis-little-out-of-whack

Sitting in this #pub, feeling a bit delicate cos I've just started #AKindOfSpark by #ElleMcNicoll (which is about an #autistic kid). It's wazzing down, in a bleak #UK #Winter sort of way. I don't want to live in this stupid country anymore. I am not happy.

And then the wurlitzer plays one of my favourite happy songs. #DanceTheNightAway by #TheMavericks. (I know: they're not cool; I don't care.)

#Beer. #Book. #Music. This'll do. For now.

https://youtu.be/-UajuBAUkBs

#NowPlaying #NowReading #Books

I don't know if I'm having potential revelations or epiphanies or what, but I have many many questions. What if- questions. Thank you so much #ElleMcNicoll for 'A Kind of Spark' and thank you to those who recommended it to me. I couldn't put it down. Finally had a day where I could sit down and actually have time to read and take something in. @actuallyautistic

@Prof_Meowmers My top 3 books by #ActuallyAutistic authors for those seeking clarity on whether they are #Autistic are:

1. Ten Steps to Nanette by #HannahGadsby
2. But You Don’t Look Autistic At All by #BiancaToeps
3. A Kind Of Spark by #ElleMcNicoll

My favourite is Hannah’s book, she goes into such minute detail about her Autistic experiences; everyone at the #Autistic BookClub loved it!
Also ‘A Kind Of Spark’ is brilliant, a condensed ‘What it feels like’ to be Autistic 🎯

@Kjun @bookstodon

5 books I'd recommend:
1. A Kind of Spark, #ElleMcNicoll - A book about difference & neurodivergence, brilliant!

2. Ten Steps to Nanette, #HannahGadsby - A searing autobiography of an #ActuallyAutistic woman.

3. But You Don't Look Autistic At All, #BiancaToeps The DSM criteria for #Autism from an #Autistic POV

4. A Man Called Ove, #FredrikBackman Emotional; #trauma & #neurodivergence.

5. Klara & The Sun, #KazuoIshiguro What does it mean to be human?

@actuallyautistic