Open your eyes to different perspectives in these stories about autism, disability, LGBT+ issues, and what it means to be unique. From the writer of Silent Voice and Thousand Dollar Friend, these stories are here to entertain you, challenge you, and encourage you to see life differently. NOTES: Individual story rating...
Read through episodes of Lotta's life! She got falsely diagnosed with ADHD, yet somehow feels different- How will she resolve the conflict of sometimes disturbing therapies, destructive thoughts, being a „difficult child" and gaining independence as she grows up? Please note: 1) I am not a native English writer. If yo...
Curious about autism? This resource for writers talks about what autism is and how to write an autistic character. Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that affects around 1 in 59 people. Every autistic person is different. Most autistic people typically experience some or all of the common autistic trai...
"Make friends with my daughter, and I'll pay you a thousand dollars." Tara's junior year of high school is turned upside down after she collides into the life of Aurora Rosenberg, the autistic teenage heiress to Rosenberg Technologies. Mr. Rosenberg's offer feels wrong... but he says his daughter has no real friends...
My mind is dark. Very dark. Sometimes, the darkness is so dark it drowns me. Sometimes I succumb to it and sink in it even deeper. And everything gets darker, yet darker. My mind is colourful. Very colourful. Sometimes, the colours are bright, but not so bright that they blind me. Sometimes they are dark, but not so...
[Short Story] When Robin Park is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, her entire world seems to change. Her only constant is the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary-- a tool that comes in handy whenever she needs to define things like complex human emotions. Until she meets Vana, that is. Now it seems the dictio...
Join the cast of Thousand Dollar Friend in an anthology of short stories exploring friendship, disability, and the complicated process of growing up. NOTES: These stories are generally PG. The discussion space is meant to be friendly and safe for minors. Hate towards people with disabilities, any letter in the LGBTQIA...
Unable to speak, autistic Claire fears she will never be hired. Then an autism organization offers her a chance to realize her dream: to publish her writing and share her voice with the world. It's a dream come true, right? But Claire's father can't shake the feeling that something is off, and 17-year-old Claire must...