Your Neurodiverse Friend #1: A User Guide to Treating People Like People (Good Life)

Biel, Joe

ISBN 10: 1621065642 / ISBN 13: 9781621065647

Published by Microcosm Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Your Neurodiverse Friend #1: A User Guide to Treating People Like People (Good Life)
• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621065642
• ISBN 13: 9781621065647
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Poliwoda, Aaron
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Neurodiversity occupies a similar place in the public consciousness as gay rights did in the 1970s: most people on the outside don't understand it and The Borg demand our assimilation! A necessary contribution to the dialogue around neurology, this zine features advice and exploratory narratives about how to accept the neurodiverse experience. Even the less divergent can understand us and see us as real, whole people. Featuring comics, narrative, advice, and origin stories that all teach how to better interact/collaborate/interface with us, this zine is the beginning of a social movement towards a future where people can be treated like, well, people. We find neuroatypical people inspiring and we think you could learn from our stories too!

About the Authors

Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. He is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. He is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and more. He is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & A T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy described Biel as "not trained in pedagogy." He lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found at joebiel.net

He stands six-foot seven, three inches from heaven; he weighs three-oh-five and can whip any man alive!