Jacqueline Koyanagi is a science fiction and fantasy author who lives in a landscape made of pages and ink and words, howling with her dog between chapters, chewing the sky and picking stars from between her teeth. Her debut science-fantasy novel, Ascension, is available in stores and online booksellers, and she also has a piece in Haikasoru's Phantasm Japan.
When creators render a character into their world wearing an entire suit of autistic behaviors, reactions, and needs, dodging responsibility by denying the autism label only serves to hurt the population they’re representing.
With one word, one look, it hit me that my experience really was abnormal.