Stories of Autistic Joy

Stories of Autistic Joy | Laura Kate Dale

This is one of the categories into which the Dewey Decimal Classification puts this book:
616.85882:
Technology> Medicine & health> Diseases> Diseases of nervous system and mental disorders> Miscellaneous> Personality, sexual, gender-identity, impulse-control, factitious, developmental, learning disorders, violent behavior; mental retardation> Mental retardation; developmental and learning disorders> Autism

I have so many issues with this! 🤬

Bookwomble It's also the only DDC category for autism that I can find. I came across this thoughtful blog post by Australian library cataloguer (I don't think that noun does justice to her job) Alissa McCullough: Classifying autism spectrum disorders in DDC, LCC and NLM:
https://lissertations.net/post/1758 2mo

willaful Grrr.... 2mo

The_Book_Ninja Damn!🤨 2mo

quietlycuriouskate Ugh, don't get me started! ? I refuse to accept "disorder", on the grounds that I am the most minutely-ordered person I know (granted, I don't know a vast number of people). 2mo

Bookwomble @quietlycuriouskate I understand that the classifications are a relic of when they were formulated, but @willaful Grrr! and @The_Book_Ninja Damn! do they need reformulating! More generally, the terms high and low support needs are less stigmatising. 2mo

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Stories of Autistic Joy | Laura Kate Dale

Imagine my delighted neurodivergent surprise to find that I'm officially being oppressed by Nigel Farage! The far-right, mini-Trumpian wank-cannon has now decided that as well as having "too many" immigrants, trans people and breast-feeding mothers, we also have too many autistic people and children with special educational needs and disabilities. As a white, cishet man, I've waited a long time for this kind of recognition! ?

Bookwomble National Autistic Society response to his uninformed bullshittery:

Mel Merritt, Head of Policy and Campaigns at the National Autistic Society, said: “Nigel Farage‘s comments are wildly inaccurate and show that he‘s completely out of touch with what autistic children and adults have to go through to get a diagnosis or any support at all."
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/our-response-to-nigel-farages-comments 4mo

Jari-chan What a time to be alive 🙃 4mo

AmyG 😡 4mo

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Leftcoastzen 😡😡😡😡 4mo

nanuska_153 Your neurodivergent brain is also very funny. Hated the news, loved the way you told them ❤️😅 4mo

dabbe #absolutearse 🤬 4mo

Bookwomble @nanuska_153 😜 4mo

The_Book_Ninja You‘ve soiled your thread with this rancid man‘s face🤮😂 4mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja "The horror! The horror!" ?? 4mo

TieDyeDude It's just so f'ing lazy. These comments are idiotic, and can easily be disproven in seconds. I am struck dumb by the mental gymnastics people engage in to support these losers. 4mo

CarolynM 😆 Who‘d want to be “normal” by his standards anyway? 4mo

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude They don't care, though, because the proofs will be given in places ther their followers won't see them. Preaching to the choir! 4mo

Bookwomble @CarolynM Indeed! 😃 4mo

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Stories of Autistic Joy | Laura Kate Dale

#BookHaul 2 was from a cute LGBTQIA+ bookstall in Durham Indoor Market, BookWyrm. It had a good selection of titles for its small size, and a friendly and welcoming owner.
The badge pictured on the tagged book was made locally and says "I have a touch of the 'tism", which I'll wear judiciously ♾️✊?
Mrs. B bought Juno Dawson's "Her Majesty's Royal Coven", which I'll read after her.

Bookwomble The market had a great mix of traditional traders and more diverse stalls, not too gentrified nor too basic. Worth a visit 😊 11mo

willaful How cool! 11mo

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