PaigeParmenter
Hi, 3dream_writer3, I want to thank you for your portrayal of Fern in your Port Orthos books, especially Port Othos 4: Love and Family. As someone on the Autism Spectrum, I really appreciate your characterization of Fern. A lot of stories that I have read that have autistic characters tend to kind if dramatize autism in a way (which is understandable, because autism presents itself in different ways and it is different for everyone). But you have done a really great job with Fern's Chararacter. I see a lot of myself in her and her expiriences. Thank you for writing and I can not wait to read more of Fern and Harlow's book.
3dream_writer3
thank you! i’m in the spectrum as well so i thought it was time to write a character explicitly on the spectrum (some of my past characters might very well be autism coded without me noticing tbh). i’m glad my portrayal of fern is coming off great! i agree that a lot of autistic characters are so dramatized or are heavily on one end of the spectrum, so i want to show the autism is different for everyone and that it’s not always meltdowns and being blunt! i’m glad you’re able to see yourself in fern <3
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