NEURODIVERGENT NARRATIVES - CHAPTER 8: SOMEONE LIKE ME

Our Closest Companions Hide In Plain Sight

There comes a point in late discovery when the past loosens its grip and begins to speak differently. You remember characters you loved -- sharpness, their solitude, their relentless honesty -- the way they loved too fiercely or withdrew too suddenly, and all of it begins to pulse with a new meaning. You loved that character so, because they were someone like you! You just didn’t have the words.

This chapter sits inside that moment of recognition. It honours the way a fictional companion can offer the reassurance you did not know you needed, the mirror no one else could give you. These Autistic culture reflections return us to the stories that shaped us and finally see ourselves looking back.