The Autists: Women on the Spectrum by Clara Törnvall

The Autists: Women on the Spectrum

Clara Törnvall with Alice E. Olsson (Translator)

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author’s own diagnosis.Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic g...

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informative 94%
reflective 75%
inspiring 37%
emotional 24%
hopeful 24%
challenging 16%
sad 8%
funny 3%
dark 2%
lighthearted 2%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 12%
fast 11%

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