Feeling Fast and Slow
How autistic people feel far too much and far too little, all at the same time
Will be published approx. on 18. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-83997-749-7 (ISBN)
Description
Unempathetic. Loner. Antisocial.
We've all heard these pernicious stereotypes. Being autistic entails living with a lot of prejudice about what we can and can't do. But we are so much more than the world seems to think...
Obsessive. Oversensitive. Over-emotional.
...Yet in the same breath, we are told to calm down. Our reactions are excessive and inappropriate.
So, which is it? Do we feel too much or too little? The answer is both, often at the same time. The challenge we face is fitting into a society that rigidly defines normality away from our ways of feeling. This act of valuing cultural tropes over our lived reality, Jorik calls neurochauvinism.
Fuelled by up-to-date autistic-led research, community experience and a very autistic relationship, neurodiversity activist Jorik Mol redresses the balance and shows the profound depths of the autistic heart, in a world that never moves at the pace of our emotions.
We've all heard these pernicious stereotypes. Being autistic entails living with a lot of prejudice about what we can and can't do. But we are so much more than the world seems to think...
Obsessive. Oversensitive. Over-emotional.
...Yet in the same breath, we are told to calm down. Our reactions are excessive and inappropriate.
So, which is it? Do we feel too much or too little? The answer is both, often at the same time. The challenge we face is fitting into a society that rigidly defines normality away from our ways of feeling. This act of valuing cultural tropes over our lived reality, Jorik calls neurochauvinism.
Fuelled by up-to-date autistic-led research, community experience and a very autistic relationship, neurodiversity activist Jorik Mol redresses the balance and shows the profound depths of the autistic heart, in a world that never moves at the pace of our emotions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
N/A
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83997-749-7 (9781839977497)
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Jorik Mol is an openly autistic writer, author, autistic advocate and educator within the fields of neurodiversity, disability rights, LGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion.