Someone Like Me: An anthology of non-fiction by Autistic writers

Clem Bastow · Jo Case

Mar 2025 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Kira Fixx, Scott Turner Schofield, Vera Tan, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Subhadra Newton, Elaine Wang, and Sanya Simmons

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While the ‘ nerdy white man’ stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, their unique experiences, their hardships and their triumphs. In Someone Like Me, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, twenty-five Autistic gender-diverse and women writers explore their experiences – and explode stereotypes. This groundbreaking anthology ranges from sex, living room dance parties and the natural world to eating disorders, all-encompassing passions and religion. Autistic people of all kinds are invited to find company in these pages – and maybe even see themselves, too. Contributors include Fiona Wright, Sara Kian-Judge, CB Mako, Jess Ho, Kay Kerr, Khadija Gbla, Adele Dumont, Erin Riley, Shadia Hancock, Amanda Tink, Tash Agafonoff, Kai Ash, Anna Whateley and Kate Gordon.

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Dr Clem Bastow is a screenwriter, cultural critic and award-winning critical Autism studies researcher from Naarm– Melbourne. Clem works as a screenwriter and neurodiversity consultant for film and TV, and teaches screenwriting at the University of Melbourne. Clem’ s debut non-fiction book, Late Bloomer, was published in 2021. They have contributed to books including Investigating Stranger Things and ReFocus: The films of Elaine May, and their writing appears regularly in The Guardian. They’ re currently working on a series of critical Autism studies essays and a collection of speculative fiction short stories. Jo Case is a writer and editor who lives in Adelaide. Her memoir of autistic motherhood, Boomer and Me, was published by Hardie Grant in 2013, and she has contributed personal essays to Mothermorphosis (MUP) and Rebellious Daughters (Ventura). She is the deputy editor of Books & Ideas at The Conversation and has worked in various roles in books and publishing, including as a festival programmer and literary editor. Her writing has been published in The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue Fiction Edition and Best Australian Stories.

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