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11) last sentence of the second last chapter finally mentions how disability is a product of society and that the problem is not the individual—meanwhile the book up until this point mainly focuses on the ‘bad’ behaviors of autistic people/how their behavior can negatively impact others regardless of it being intentional or not

10) use of vague topical quotes that are not 100% related to what the author is talking about and therefore don’t really exemplify or expand on what is being discussed, also often quoted within the sentence(s) incorrectly
11) bad grammar/punctuation; could have used another proofread

9) Quoting the same passages from the same sources multiple times throughout the book. Also only using one source for each subject (any talk of sexuality or puberty is only quoted from ‘When Young People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Hit Puberty’) which again excludes transgender people and queer people more generally.

8) Reliance on a single autistic librarian’s experiences/quotations to validate suggestions and arguments proposed in the book, despite saying in the preface and introduction that autism is a spectrum and even using the phrase ‘if you’ve met an autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person’.

7) focuses on non-verbal, mostly non-verbal, and intellectually disabled autistics with explicitly stated exclusion of “high functioning” autistics but still uses quotes and discussions from those “high functioning” autistics as examples

6) implies that most autistic people have sub-par intelligence and tend to act inappropriately sexually in public spaces (a misrepresentation both by assuming this is ‘most’ autistic people and by perpetuating stereotypes people already believe about autistic people)—while this definitely occurs on occasion with *some* autistic people, this book makes it sound like its the norm/to be expected

5) this book focuses only on those with severe developmental disabilities, acknowledging that there are “high functioning” autistics but that this book is not for them—because like everyone else in the world she is under the impression that, as a high functioning autistic, we don’t need the same supports and help, when in fact research shows we are disproportionately affected by depression, anxiety, etc

3) it uses person-first language with the excuse that it is ‘required’ by the AMA style guide, despite quoting someone directly describing how autism affects their whole life and is not detachable from who they are nor a disability to be viewed negatively
4) the author herself is not autistic, when there are definitely autistic people working in libraries

I’m autistic and I don’t like this book.
1) it passively frames autism as something to overcome, that people with autism should strive to behave, think, and want what neurotypical people do
2) it uses ‘sex’ instead of gender, and only mentions cisgender male and female people, despite ~25% of autistic people being genderdiverse

Sorry for the radio silence RP buddies! I've been swamped with other duties and classes begin next week so I'll probably be even more inactive than I already am ;--; Thank you for being patient with me, feel free to poke me if it's been a week without a reply from me, or if you'd rather not write with me anymore I understand and won't take it personally; waiting weeks at a time for a reply sucks, I get it x'D

Hey rp buddies! I'm going to be very spotty with replies for the next few weeks as I am in the process of launching my first Kickstarter! It requires a lot of details to be figured out and is taking up most of my free time. :)

Those of you interested in LGBT+ things may be excited to know I have opened an online shop solely for LGBT+ clothes and items. I make my designs using pride flags, and not just the gay rainbow. Customizations are also available. Check the store out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Threadless @QueerQSwag :)

I agree with Kurl that Jonathan is a little JO. I’m on page 20 and I already can’t stand the snob. Why are all poets conveyed as being haughty knowitalls? And who talks like an academic professor in high school??

Is anyone else having issues receiving notifications when people comment in group threads? I emailed Goodreads about this issue two months ago and they said they were working on it. Haven't heard anything since and still having this problem.

I’ve seen just about every punch coming a few chapters before they happen. Characters are kind of stereotypical even while being acknowledged as such by other characters. Typical teen drama + typical situations meant to make you care for the characters, told in first person for ultimate empathy value. I.e. this book is nothing special. But yet here I am still reading it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Heads up for anyone that replies to an RP in the next little while. I 'm getting notifications within Goodreads for them, but not email notifications. My PMs seem to be working fine, but I'm getting no emails at all for the thread RPs. I'm still running behind, so give me a few days, but if you see I haven't posted after 4 days, give the thread a bump. Also, anyone else having this problem?

I’m thinking of making a Discord group for people to post their writing drafts for others to workshop. Non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Volunteer based and dependent on who has time/desire for certain works and/or genres. Would anyone be interested? You don’t have to workshop everything that gets posted, but you should be workshopping at least a few works if you’re uploading writing of your own.

It just keeps getting more bizarre I don’t even

What even

SORRY FOR DISAPPEARING RP BUDDIES. I spent all the past two days buying cat stuff because I am most likely coming home with a new adopted cat tomorrow!!! :D So I don’t know when I’ll be on next, between helping her settle in and homework. I’ll try to catch up this week.