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Nicholas Anderson

Hello. I'm Nicholas Anderson, the creator of Planet Ripple. I am also on the autism spectrum. I see a lot of talk going around about the "dangers" of normalizing the condition and giving people "false hopes," and I wanted to make something that represents people with autism (and other disabilities) in a better light. I believe it's not only important that this group be positively represented so they can aspire to be like the characters they see in media, but that non-autistic people understand them through works like this. Planet Ripple is a project I've been working on for years, and I'm pretty passionate about it. Minnow, the lead protagonist of Planet Ripple, is my ambassador. Like me she is at a point in her life where she's made it thr Hello. I'm Nicholas Anderson, the creator of Planet Ripple. I am also on the autism spectrum. I see a lot of talk going around about the "dangers" of normalizing the condition and giving people "false hopes," and I wanted to make something that represents people with autism (and other disabilities) in a better light. I believe it's not only important that this group be positively represented so they can aspire to be like the characters they see in media, but that non-autistic people understand them through works like this. Planet Ripple is a project I've been working on for years, and I'm pretty passionate about it. Minnow, the lead protagonist of Planet Ripple, is my ambassador. Like me she is at a point in her life where she's made it through enough of the struggles that can come with autism that in most conversations people may not even pick up on it, and no one in the story ever outright calls out what her condition is by name, but there are enough flashbacks to her youth and other, more current scenes where her quirks manifest, things that people who have seen these symptoms before in real life or know someone who has them or even have these symptoms themselves will notice and realize, "Oh. She's autistic. Okay, neat." That said, I don't want to market this as "just" an autistic person story, because autistic people are not just their condition. It is not their entire personality. They have tastes, interests, desires and dreams like anyone else. Yes, Minnow's journey is the emotional core of Planet Ripple but if that was its only selling point, it may not be interesting enough to catch on, feeling more like a patronizing, gimmicky PSA than a story with growth and resolution and a world that feels alive. I want Minnow to go places. I want her to succeed. In the contents of the Planet Ripple series of books, I've developed a whole world for Minnow to live in and I hope readers find it to be compelling stuff, because there is very little Minnow does in this story that any high functioning autistic person could not also accomplish. If you've made it this far, I hope you enjoy the journey to come. Thank you. - Amazon bio ...more

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Average rating: 4.8 · 49 ratings · 3 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol.2 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 3 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 4 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 5 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol.6 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 8 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 9 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Ripple: Minnow's World Vol. 7 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars