This one of the first books I backed on Unbound—the very first being Larry Bundy Jr's Fact Hunt—and Stim: An Autistic Anthology was worth every penny.

Lizzie Huxley-Jones does a wonderful job in curating these stories and memoirs from autistic individuals who all have different experiences on the spectrum. Many, if not all of these narratives and accounts, are well written and seamlessly allow the reader a glimpse into what having autism is like. There's a section at the end of the book where Huxley-Jones summarizes what autism, quoting the saying, "If you've met one Autistic person, you've met one autistic person," which is another way of saying that not all autistic people are the same. In should go without saying that every story here, much like a short story in a creative writing anthology, is the experience and narrative of one person out of many. The more clever thing is the placement of said section at the end, solidifying this point in an eloquent fashion.

There also some artwork and mini-graphic novels that add to an already excellent anthology, reinforcing the above. Unfortunately, but understandably, they are few are far in-between.

Either way, this book should be a must-read for those interested in neurodiversity advocacy and its associated inclusion initiatives.

Personal favorite piece: "More Human Than Human" by Agri Ismaïl