A Room Called Earth author Madeleine Ryan: ‘We should look at autism as a diamond with lots of facets’

By Helen Brown

 

‘When people say that I write about sex so honestly, I can’t imagine how else they’d want the subject to be’: Madeleine Ryan discusses her new book 'A Room called Earth’ (Hector H MacKenzi)

 

Last summer, Madeleine Ryan shocked New York Times readers with an article headlined: “Dear Parents: Your Child with Autism is Perfect”.

 

In an attempt to “add some sparkle to a damaged narrative” that framed neurodiverse kids as difficult and disordered, the 32-year-old Australian writer, director and actor made a crisp case for those on the autistic spectrum as essential truth tellers and joy seekers capable of putting us all in touch with our real feelings.

 

“I know,” she wrote, “because I’m autistic.”

 

This month, Ryan publishes the extraordinary debut novel that proves her point.

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/madeleine-ryan-a-room-called-earth-book-b1784455.html

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

We should look at autism as a diamond with lots of facets’

i don't want to be cynical, but i wouldn't like  to buy that kind of diamond