Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic

A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum

2019 • 4 pages

Ratings13

Average rating3.5

15

I have to admit I had no idea who McCreary was when I picked up this book, so I went in without expectation.

Even without expectations this book managed to be a letdown, it wasn't funny and even for such a young writer it completely lacked depth. Might there be a small subset of the autistic community who would benefit from reading this book? Maybe the white boys with an early diagnosis, a supportive family and fairly low support needs?

There is an overabundance of links which made me feel like I was dealing with a collection of blog posts and not an actual book.

This one might not be entirely fair because when the book was written the autism community definitely wasn't quite where it is today on the topic but the constant use of the term aspie was jarring.

The name dropping and the fanboying over Neil Gaiman was tedious.

November 8, 2022Report this review