Autistic Pride in a Neurophobic World

Pages: 64
Published: 2018
Language: English

This collection of anecdotal skillshares aims to foster understanding of autistic lives and challenge the neurophobic world we inhabit. It confronts the historical use of the R-word as hate speech, arguing for its reclamation by the autistic community. The book explores neurotypical neurophobia and the expectation for #ActuallyAutistic people to conform, offering stories of overcoming myths and advocating for a new autistic pride movement. Featuring contributions from Temple Grandin and others, this work draws inspiration from radical zine culture and punk's homocore roots.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Informative Thought-Provoking Inspiring Intellectual

Essays Politics & Society Self-Help & Psychology Sociology

Authors

Aaron D. Poliwoda

Aaron Poliwoda (he/him) is an autistic essayist.

Eliot Daughtry

Eliot Daughtry (he/him) is an American media artist and educator. He is involved in the autistic pride and trans rights movements. Eliot is half of killer banshee, a multifaceted collaborative effort with Kriss De Jong dedicated to making and supporting queer art, music and literature. His visual work has been shown internationally, and has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation. Kriss and Eliot have toured extensively, performing a combinatio...

Joe Biel

Joe Biel is an American writer, activist, journalist, filmmaker, and publisher. He is the founder and co-owner of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium.

Ricki Bransen

Austistic essayist and illustrator

Temple Grandin

An American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior.