Recs if you like To a Darker Shore...

a collection of autistic coded characters in fiction [ recommendations welcome! ]

Intersectionality, baby! Disability includes many conditions, including - but not limited to - physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, psychiatric disabilities, sensory disabilities, and neurodivergence.

Books with fat and plus size main characters. (leave a comment with recommendations!)

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! the fourth colour on the flag is yellow/gold, which represents the disabilities on the neurodivergent spectrum, cognitive and intellectual disabilities. examples of these are ADHD, autism, tourettes, dyspraxia, dyslexia, OCD, down syndrome, epilepsy and way more. books within this list will be fiction and non-fiction. as always, feel free to recommend books which you feel should be added to this list.

these books are based in hell 😈

taking any and all recommendations!

Fiction and non-fiction in which a main character, prominent supporting character, or narrator is canonically/confirmed to be on the asexual (ace) spectrum.

📓Canon: Confirmed by either the text or original creator. (Subtextual/implied and circumstantial characters can be found on my other ace list)

❕Disclaimer: I have not read all these books. Please feel free to correct me in the comments if I have made a mistake in my research. Or if you have any new titles to recommend.

Middle grade, YA and Adult fictional books with canon autistic main characters

queer fiction books with prominent autistic characters!!!! (all cannon, in text, or confirmed by author)

canon and coded autistic characters

Books with ace characters

YA fiction books with prominent autistic characters!!!! (all cannon, in text, or confirmed by author)

Sharing some of my syllabi as requested! Obviously these syllabi don’t encompass the entire genre but I hope they serve as a good conversation-starter :)

For context I frame the course with Derrida’s “Law of Genre” which argues that genres are constructs, so you have books here that are more conventionally SFF and others that are bordering on irrealism.

Books we read for June's theme, plus some I've already read that I think fit the theme