A User Guide to Treating People Like People

by Joe Biel (Editor)

Neurodiversity occupies a similar place in the public consciousness as gay rights did in the 1970s: most people on the outside don't understand it and The Borg demand our assimilation! A necessary contribution to the dialogue around neurology, this zine features advice and exploratory narratives about how to accept the neurodiverse experience. Even the less divergent can understand us and see us as real, whole people. Featuring comics, narrative, advice, and origin stories that all teach how to better interact/collaborate/interface with us, this zine is the beginning of a social movement towards a future where people can be treated like, well, people. We find neurotypical people inspiring and we think you could learn from our stories too!

Genres: Nonfiction

64 pages, Zine

Published July 18, 2018

About the author

Joe Biel is a writer, activist, journalist, filmmaker, and publisher. He is the founder and co-owner of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He often tours the U.S. with his books and films. He has been featured in the Utne Reader, Portland Mercury, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Readymade, and Bicycle Times.

Reviews

[Susanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Discovered Microcosm's zines at Ebenezer Books in little Johnson, Vermont. This one offers insight into the experience of being autistic from autistic writers, including Temple Grandin, Ph.D , Joe Biel, Eliot Daughtry, Gee23, Kate McNulty, Aaron Poliwoda, Partly Robot, Hadley Stanfill and Emily Velasquez.

[Ziggi Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool. I hope I can track down the full series!