The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)

by Graeme Simsion

When someone sends you an email conveying information, you should reply, even if no reply seems logically necessary. Rosie: You just have to say thanks or got it. Is that what you mean, Don? Me: Correct.

apparently also true with texting Mom

Normally they don’t reply again after you give the unnecessary response. So, there’s a limit of one.

“If you’re intellectually capable, it’s advisable to become an expert on your own body and treatments,” I said. “Medical practitioners observe you far less frequently than you observe yourself. Also, they care less. With children and people with diminished cognitive function, we may need to take that role on their behalf.”

“But I think we all know that people with autism don’t feel empathy. Not like … people without autism.

LIES LIES LIES!!!!! MISINFORMATION BASED IN IGNORANCE ARRRRRRRGGGG!!!

a simplistic generalization, consistent with her understanding of autism.

I had observed that neurotypicals criticized autistic people for lacking empathy—towards them—but seldom made any effort to improve their own empathy towards autistic people.

Kellie’s assumption that autism was not compatible with altruism and care for others had worked to Hudson’s benefit but was patently false.

Hudson’s revelation that he had self-diagnosed as autistic and chosen to announce it in public. And Blanche also.