Finding Autistic Joy

By Forest Van Slyke

What is autistic joy? And why would you want to find it? Too many autistic people are taught to hate themselves. As an autistic person, living in an allistic (non autistic) society can make you feel like there's something wrong with you. But there's nothing wrong with you, there's something wrong with society. You do not have a disorder, you have a different neurotype. You need to learn to accommodate your autistic brain in an allistic society. Often autistic people burn out, then try again - repeating that over and over until they die. I'm here to tell you there's another way: Flipping the board game off the table and creating your own rules to find autistic joy. Life is hard as an autistic person, and living a good one means fighting for autistic liberation - whether that's in your personal life or on a larger scale. Finding Autistic Joy is your guide to loving your brain and improving your quality of life. In a society that oppresses you for the way your neurology was designed, happiness is resistance. Be warned, happiness might look completely different than you originally thought it would. Forest Van Slyke is an autistic and ADHD writer from Canada. They also work as an autistic coach and content creator, where they aim to help other autistic people in a society that wasn't made for them. In their spare time they enjoy shaking their hair to darkwave and being in nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CPFK7P8C
• ISBN13: 9798870438283
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"