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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism (www.goodreads.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Rogue@feddit.uk to c/autism@lemmy.world
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If you want to learn more about autism this book presents the experience in an entertaining and digestible way.

I always knew I had /some/ signs but it wasn't until reading (or listening to) this that I truly comprehended how different my experience of the world is from a neurotypical.

It's well researched and written by a millennial comedian who was diagnosed at 31. Highly recommend.

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[-] echo@lemmings.world 16 points 2 years ago

Wow... the 1-star review is living proof that you can be both autistic and completely fucking stupid.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 2 years ago

Crazy don’t discriminate.

[-] MapTheft@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Currently reading this myself. I was diagnosed last summer and I have found this book a great help so far.

this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2025
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