Husband: “What are you reading?”
Me: “A biography of Karen Carpenter.”
Husband: “What’s interesting about Karen Carpenter?”
It’s true – and it comes up many times in Lucy O’Brien’s new book Lead Sister – that Karen Carpenter had an image problem. Basically, she wasn’t very rock’n’roll.
Did you know there is such a thing as “autistic culture? Well, I’ve seen the phrase used by #ActuallyAutistic people. I’m not quite sure what it means but I think part of it must be the way that we talk among ourselves (online, at least) and share ideas and experiences.
When we share things, one of the common themes is “what not to say to an autistic person”. Because we’ve all heard them.