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Tällä hetkellä lukemassa — Hannu Salmi: Frans Leijon. Kuurosokean ihmeellinen elämä. Otava, 2025.

Palkitun tietokirjailijan koskettava tositarina kuurosokeasta isosedästään. Frans Leijon (1878-1947) menetti jo pienenä näkönsä ja kuulonsa. Poika unohti oppimansa sanat ja juoksi nelinkontin villilapsena, johon kukaan ei saanut yhteyttä.

I've been dropping hints for my therapist so that she might pick up on the fact that I'm autistic as fuck (I've tried to just come out and say it to people, including therapists, but that has never gone well since I'm not officially diagnosed, so I tried something different this time). You know, bringing up my multitude of sensory issues and saying things like, "Yeah, when I like a TV show, I become obsessed and watch it over and over for weeks." or, "I can never get the amount of eye contact right, so now I don't even try anymore."

And today, she finally picked up what I was putting down. I was talking about the fact that I've basically had insomnia since I was a baby and she said, "I don't know if you've ever explored the possibility that there might be certain...neurodivergencies...going on, but that's pretty indicative of, like, ADHD or autism, so..."