In this episode of The Autistic Culture Book Club:
“I'm surprised this book got written. I really am. It is a gift, but I would think a lot of people would have wanted it shut down.”
“Just by telling anyone that you're thinking of needing gender affirming care, you could lose your support system, you could lose your job, you could lose everything.”
“What I will say, like, 100 percent for sure is: that need to mask and escape and being willing to do anything, like all the drugs, all the sex, like anything to hide from the truth of who you are, because it is not acceptable…There is so much that as Autistic people, we can learn from this memoir, from Elliot's journey.”
“Yeah, Autistic burnout is so much more intense than regular burnout. It doesn't convey the level of deep exhaustion and the lack of physical functioning that comes from it. It's essentially a medical disorder rather than just being tired.”
