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Hoang wrote the first draft of what would become The Kiss Quotient within ten weeks. [2] [3] The manuscript went through several drafts before she entered the online pitch contest Pitch Wars, where she revised it again with the help of her mentor Brighton Walsh, working for eight months.
This is a list of fictional characters that have been explicitly described within the work in which they appear, or otherwise by the author, as being on the autism spectrum. It is not intended to include speculation. Autistic people involved in the work may be mentioned in footnotes.
House Rules (2010) is the eighteenth novel by the American author Jodi Picoult.The novel focuses on a young adult male, Jacob Hunt, with Asperger's syndrome living in Townshend, Vermont, [1] who is accused of murder.
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Somebody Somewhere takes up Williams' story after her diagnosis with autism at the age of 26 after a childhood often thought deaf, labelled psychotic, then disturbed. In this book, Williams becomes a teacher and goes on to work with children on the autistic spectrum before being thrust into the public eye upon the accidental publication of her ...
Tia Williams talks her latest book, "A Love Song for Ricki Wilde," writing Black romances, and whether her daughter and husband read her books. Best-selling author Tia Williams is a romantic at heart.
Stuck in Neutral is a young adult with cerebral palsy and explores themes of quality of life, ableism and euthanasia. [23] 1838 Smike Nicholas Nickleby: Charles Dickens: He has deformed limbs and has intellectual and communication difficulties related to the abuse he has suffered. [24] 1915 Gregor Samsa: The Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka
When Hikaru is diagnosed with autism at one and a half years old, Sachiko faces the ignorance towards autism from others around her. However, gradually, Sachiko meets more people who are accepting of Hikaru and his autism, and she regains her determination to raise Hikaru into a "cheerful, working adult" in society.