HOW TO BE AUTISTIC

POE,CHARLOTTE A

ISBN 10: 1912408325 / ISBN 13: 9781912408320

Edité par Myriad Editions, 2020

N° de réf. du vendeur NWUS9781912408320

Synopsis :

Poe's voice is confident, moving and often funny, as they reveal to us a very personal account of autism, mental illness, gender and sexual identity.

As we follow Charlotte's journey through school and college, we become as awestruck by their extraordinary passion for life as by the enormous privations that they must undergo to live it. From food and fandom, to body modification and comic conventions, Charlotte's experiences through the torments of schooldays and young adulthood leave us with a riot of conflicting emotions: horror, empathy, despair, laugh-out-loud amusement and, most of all, respect. For Charlotte, autism is a fundamental aspect of their identity and art. They address their reader in a voice that is direct, sharply clever and ironic. They witness their own behaviour with a wry humour as they sympathise with those who care for them, yet all the while challenging the neurotypical narratives of autism as something to be 'fixed'.

'I wanted to show the side of autism that you don't find in books and on Facebook. My story is about survival, fear and, finally, hope. There will be parts that make you want to cover your eyes, but I beg you to read on, because if I can change just one person's perceptions, if I can help one person with autism feel like they're less alone, then this will all be worth it.'

Punctuated by their poetry, this is an exuberant, inspiring, life-changing insight into autism from a viewpoint almost entirely missing from public discussion.

À propos de l'auteur: Charlotte Amelia Poe is a self-taught artist and writer from Suffolk, UK. She also works with video, and won the inaugural Spectrum Art Prize in 2018 with her video, 'How To Be Autistic'. Her website is at capoe.co.uk

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : HOW TO BE AUTISTIC
Éditeur : Myriad Editions
Date d'édition : 2020
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : NEW