#mod torin

I made this for the S&E group chat (because we’re already doing talks and stuff past book 1). So then I made this. @kinglazrus if you reblog this I will die happy.

Hey y’all, Andie here. We haven’t gotten any comments or questions about this yet, but I wanted to take the bull by the horns and say something first. Yes Rylie is Autistic. By DSM-IV-TR standards, she would have either Asperger’s Syndrome or PDD-NOS. By DSM 5 standards, she would be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, level 1 (most likely, I’m most comfortable with the revised fourth edition). Autism is a very sensitive topic in media, I know. I know it’s a bold move to make her autistic, and there will be people who will try to say “you can’t write an autistic character because you’re not autistic!!!” That’s where you’re wrong. I am autistic. I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS when I was young, back when they still used the DSM-IV-TR, and I was rediagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (no level was specified, I checked) and an Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder when I was 17, which was about four years ago now. While Rylie’s diagnosis of autism differs from mine, I base a lot of her behaviors off of myself. And if there’s something I don’t know, I do my research and I ask my friends, who are also on the spectrum. If you don’t like that Rylie is autistic, then there’s a simple thing you can do called stop reading.

Lazrus, while writing a chapter.

“Hey Kid, what if there was a world where people were animals?”

Hey y’all, Rylie’s taking questions if you want to ask her stuff!

If all the followers of this blog could fill this out, it’s just two questions, that’d be a huge help!

I had to edit because I misspelled crescent. Yes, I realize Rylie’s card is a bit wonky. I can’t go and fix it right this moment. ID Cards for Rylie and Fletcher. Card base credit here. Character images by Olibuki. Rylie Fenton & Fletcher Attwater created by Torin C.