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Okay cool, just wanted to make sure you were comfortable 😅
Yesssss ikr? I think it was finding out about ADHD and learning I had it that made me pursue psychology :)))

Thank you, I really appreciate that! That’s so cool! I’ve definitely gotten fascinated by it through finding out I was autistic XD

Coryn is the only one  of my characters that is clinically diagnosed and has her autism tied into her story and character arc, but I’ve been looking at a few of my other characters and seeing some of them fall on the spectrum.

Oh that’s so cool! That’s like… wayyy more than most writers have XD It’s so fun that you have a character that’s both like canonically autistic and that it affects her plot and character! That’s way too rare!

Although I take more joy in writing ND characters because they’re more like me, and different from the rest. If there’s anything I love most in the world, it’s being different :]

Yes I know that feeling! It’s so cathardic and validating to see your experience in another character, even if it’s one you wrote yourself. Maybe especially so!

And I LOVE your WIP already!! It sounds too cool!! (Totally sign me up when you need beta-readers!!) Both Coryn and Clanner sound so interesting! And I love that you thought about how neurodivergence would influence a system like that! Usually, stuff like sci-fi never takes that into account, which is kinda sad because there’s so much potential conflict!

whew
sorry about the dump

Oh don’t apologize! We all do it all the time, infodumps are very much appreciated here!

Thank you!! I might come to you two if I need help

YES please do!! I’d love any opportunity to talk about it!!

Actually… me and @Calidris collabed on a newsletter about autism representation a while ago!

If you’re curious here’s the link to our newsletters, and please let me know if you’d like me to resend the newsletter to you!

Mine: https://swordandscrawls.ck.page

(SE won’t let me post two links so I’ll put Calidris’ in the next post!)