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The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

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Feb 06, 2024 11:46PM

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“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

tags: autism, love, thekissquotient

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“Many autistic adults are not exercising the strengths of their atypical minds at companies like Apple and Google—instead, a disproportionate number are unemployed and struggling to get by on disability payments.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Untold History of Austim and the Potential of Neurodiversity

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“[Temple Grandin] told him that the one thing she wanted more than anything else in life was for someone to hug her - but the moment that anyone did, she couldn't bear it.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

tags: autism, sensory-overload, social-anxiety

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“It seems that for success in science and art, a dash of autism is essential. For success, the necessary ingredient may be an ability to turn away from the everyday world, from the simply practical, an ability to rethink a subject with originality so as to create in new untrodden ways. This”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently

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“By sharing the stories of their lives, they discovered that many of the challenges they face daily are not “symptoms” of their autism, but hardships imposed by a society that refuses to make basic accommodations for people with cognitive disabilities as it does for people with physical disabilities such as blindness and deafness.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

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