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Jennifer O'Toole
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Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
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2018
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11 editions
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Contemplations: Journal
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“It’s wondering … always wondering and never understanding: how can I be so smart and still feel so stupid?”
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
“There are few things as tragic as when we tacitly agree to the notion that our unchangeable truth is somehow invalid. Less than. Broken. Wrong. That pretending is necessary for professional opportunity or personal acceptance. I’ve done it a million times in ways large and small, and I can tell you this: trying to hide in plain sight is frustrating, disorienting, isolating—an exhausting game of (only possible) short-term gains in exchange for very-certain long-term exclusion. When we agree to play, we not only hide and cast doubt upon our experiences. We’ve willingly participated in the invalidation of ourselves.”
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
“What’s it like to be us? Too much. We feel too much. React too much. Say too much. Need too much. So says the world. I say: the world is wrong. There is an exquisite trade-off for a life so differently led: complex imagination, limitless curiosity, profound compassion, and restless independent thought. They are the core of everything I am. They will be responsible for whatever legacy I leave behind.”
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
― Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
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