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Learn moreAn incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis.
Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls and women have largely remained undiagnosed. When portrayed in popular culture, women on the spectrum often appear simply as copies of their male counterparts—talented and socially awkward.
Yet autistic women exist, and always have. They are varied in their interests and in their experiences. Autism may be relatively new as a term and a diagnosis, but not as a way of being and functioning in the world. It has always been part of the human condition. So who are these women, and what does it mean to see the world through their eyes?
In The Autists, Clara Törnvall reclaims the language to describe autism and explores the autistic experience in arts and culture throughout history. From popular culture, films, and photography to literature, opera, and ballet, she dares to ask what it might mean to re-read these works through an autistic lens—what we might discover if we allow perspectives beyond the neurotypical to take center stage.
Clara Tornvall has been a journalist and producer since the early 2000s. She's produced programs for Swedish radio and TV, as well as written articles/chronicles for various media outlets. The Autists: women on the spectrum is her first book, and was written after her diagnosis with autism at the age of forty-two.
Kim Bretton is an Audie Award nominee, a Broadway World Award winner, and was voted Best Actress in Nashville by the Nashville Scene. She has narrated over 100 audiobooks to date. Prior to moving from London to NYC in 2005, Kim worked predominantly on the London stage both originating roles in West End productions and playing in long-running shows both in London and on national and international tours. She has played in numerous Shakespeare and classical works as well as musical theater and modern plays. Her TV and film credits include Call Red for ITV, Don't Look Back for New Forest Films, the lead role in the 1990s TV series Mentors, and an obscene amount of radio and voice-overs. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, ten years ago and continues to do theater roles in between writing, directing, and voice-over work.
Alice E. Olsson is a literary translator, writer, and editor working across Swedish and English. She has served as the Cultural Affairs Adviser at the Embassy of Sweden in London and is the recipient of a fellowship as well as multiple grants from the Swedish Arts Council.