Characters, stories, creative inspiration, visual references, and simplified scenarios that are easy to follow. I am on the Autistic Spectrum myself and I often wonder about some of the things you said: Where is the line between the spectrum and not the spectrum? At the time, neither of those things made any sense to me, but I figured that since she was a professional astrologer and the mother of an autistic daughter that she was seeing what she was used to seeing. I encourage you to read Asperger Syndrome in the Family : Redefining Normal, by Lianne Holliday Willey, The Way I See It, by Temple Grandin, Connecting with Your Asperger Partner : negotiating the maze of intimacy, by Louise Weston, for many examples of Aspergers (clever autistic) vs. So don't be afraid to read it, just know that you may end up dizzy when you finish it from the chaos that's inside.

I thought it was brilliant at getting the most important message across that we are all different and that our uniqueness should be embraced. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – An Autistic Comic Anthology is an anthology of short webcomics by 30 creators about life as actually autistic people. I'm currently writing my Masters dissertation for Comic Studies and wanted to know how popular comics were in the autistic community.

I turn in to a muted, emotional mess who needs to leave that environment ASAP or I will descend in to a meltdown that will affect me for hours if not the rest of the day and following days. In a comic strip conversation, the autistic person takes the lead role, with parents, carers or teachers offering support and guidance.

Bex Ollerton creates introspective comics about mental health, neurodivergence and the general struggles of being a human being in an overwhelming world. After several weeks, I translated his drawings into comic book style characters that he could relate to. Lets maybe just stop judging ourselves as parents and start to question the society that tries to mould our wonderful children and grandchildren into being something less than they could be. Often they will open up and engage with the world a lot more when it is in the form of a character they like and recognise, and will relate things to the context of the story where that character’s from. With 30 different people, there is a depth and breadth of experiences and perspectives on being autistic.He can count to 1000 and reads as well as a seven year old, pretty amazing since he's not yet three. And perhaps those extra pages would also have been great places to introduce the individual creators more fully right next to their stories. I liked a bunch of them, but some had art styles I didn't connect with, and some I skipped completely because the style was too heavy on my senses. The stories could really use title cards to help distinguish them as they can sort of run together with their variant lengths and sometimes similar art styles. I'm definitely picking up a physical copy of this, because it'll be a great resource to revisit regularly.

His attention span was short and he’d constantly wander around the class as if the other children didn’t exist. Little does she know, she’s about to be diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome (a less common diagnosis in 2022, but one many people still use to describe themselves), and her life is about to change for the better. I was intrigued by the concept of self-diagnosis being an accepted standard within the community and any moments from day-to-day living that were shared.

If it is for a situation where a particular outcome is not guaranteed, use words like ‘sometimes’ and ‘usually’ in the story.

I you are analogizing in your comments based on same book you read, or some logical deduction you think you see so clearly, based on other evidence you gave pasted together, you should stop now. It’s a brilliant collection of short comics about autism, from autistic creators sharing their everyday experiences of being autistic.

Comic strip conversations can be used to plan for a situation in the future that may be causing anxiety or concern, for example an exam or a social event. Neurodivergence is the term used when describing the difference in the way "someone's brain can process, learn, and/or behave differently from the norm. I truly appreciate this description and I am grateful for your unique gift to help others understand autism a little better.