Stories! Seeing the world differently
Jan. 2nd, 2023 06:39 pmTwo stories about young people seeing the world through autistic eyes, and receiving some acceptance around that.
The Code for Everything by McKinley Valentine. I love how this one ended.
The Steel Magnolia Metaphor by Jennifer Lee Rossman.
Both stories are in the list of finalists for the Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award for Disability in Speculative Fiction via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mrissa, who is also a finalist for her story So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered!
And a bonus link about mathematician John Conway, who invented the Game of Life which is used as coding practice at developer retreats. John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands by Kevin Hartnett. No idea if John Conway was autistic or not, but he saw the world in his own quirky way.
The Code for Everything by McKinley Valentine. I love how this one ended.
The Steel Magnolia Metaphor by Jennifer Lee Rossman.
Both stories are in the list of finalists for the Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award for Disability in Speculative Fiction via
mrissa, who is also a finalist for her story So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered!And a bonus link about mathematician John Conway, who invented the Game of Life which is used as coding practice at developer retreats. John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands by Kevin Hartnett. No idea if John Conway was autistic or not, but he saw the world in his own quirky way.
