Autism is talked about quite often, but very rarely is it portrayed in media, and even more rarely do we see it explained properly. That's where this amazing comics creator known as AspiGurl comes in. She creates funny, quirky, and sweet comics about her life and the struggles she runs into as an autistic girl. We get to read the comics and better understand from the view of a person with the developmental disorder.
The comics are colorful and have unexpected endings. The illustrations will probably make you laugh and relate many times. It's interesting to see the perspective of someone who sees social events, situations, and everyday life from a different perspective.
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Aspigurl told us more about when and why she started creating these comics: "I had the idea for the comic back in 2018. It was almost April and I was kind of dreading the usual ableist posts that we always see around that time for Autism Awareness Month. My husband wtframecomics, who illustrates the comic, and I decided to post a comic each day of that April and we just kept making them!"
She also told us what motivated her to keep creating these comics: "One of the biggest motivations for making the comic is to give other autistic people content to relate to and maybe even illustrations that might help explain and express their lived experiences (same for non-autistics: it can help them have another point of view on autism.)"
On her website, Aspigurl describes herself as "a comic putting forward the voice of autistic people through anecdotes or reflections from everyday life. As there are as many autisms as there are autistic people, it seemed important to us to put forward this diversity by also receiving comic suggestions from autistic readers."
What do you think of these comics? Have they taught you anything new about autism and how people living with this disorder see the world? Perhaps you have autism yourself and can share your side and view? Tell us in the comments down below and don't forget to follow the artist on her social media!
How odd. I also always turn down music or pause audio books while trying to concentrate on driving
Aaaaaaaaand this is why we never have done with Covid (in France, anyway...)
Most of my clothes are the same... When you find an outifit that you like, why would you only buy one and keep wearing ones you do not like on other days ?
I'm not autistic but feel this way about flowers as gifts. It just feels wrong to me.
i have three. imagine what it is like. poop everywhere. poopsplosions.
These are so spot on. I cannot relate to each one, because all Autists are different, but some really spoke to me on such a deep level. Especially the low battery and needing to sleep. I always say, I am closed to the world for the next two hours or days.
love these! i'm autistic (although pretty low on the spectrum) and i related to a lot of these! :)
I relate to nearly every one of these. I've never been diagnosed with autism, tho.
HI MY NAMES JACK AND I HAVE AUTISM AND ADHD I REALLY LOVE THIS I WILL DIFFERENTLY SHARE THIS WITH MY TEACHER I GO TO A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND ITS NAME IS PARKSIDE SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL AND I'M AT PUKEKOHE HIGH SCHOOL SUTTLE UNIT AND I HAVE GOT MY OWN PRIVATE DESK WHICH IS ALSO BY OUR T.A (TEACHER AID) AREA AND IT IS KIND OF BLOCK OFF I HAVE TO STUFFED GAIFFIRES THEIR NAMES ARE NICK AND SIR MAFFS ALOT
I can relate to every comic...but I was never diagnosed with autism, just told im a crazy bitch.
These illustrations are really amazing, I was laughing out loud the entire time as I found these so relatable. Especially the floor is lava one. I feel so tired sometimes explaining to people why I refuse to touch certain surfaces. It’s just so hard to explain, it’s not like I am intentionally being difficult you know. I had so much help from autism support workers over the past year and they really helped me lead a normal life but I just wish people around me would be more understanding sometimes.
These were so cute. Helped me understand how autism affects people. I loved them.
This isn't being autistic... this is just being a normal person!!
although i don't have autism, this post was very relatable! great artist and very talented :)
I relate to every single comic. With me I can't stand crowds. if I have to go somewhere that has a lot of people I usually end up sitting by myself because if I get overwhelmed I've found that going somewhere that I'm alone helps calm me down
It's not 1:1 for every Aspie, but there's plenty to relate to all right. Sometimes I forget that the things I experience as "normal" really aren't, and comics like this remind me of that.
I hope that some people understand people like me better after watching those pictures
I'm confused... She's called aspigirl, but she's autistic? The comics all sounds like asperger's, and they're different things. They have different quirks and are caused by different genes. As an Aspie I hate being lumped in with autistics because people have all these completely incorrect assumptions when you do that. When they combined them in the dsm-v it caused a lot of problems for a lot of us who can no longer get the correct type of help :(
These are so spot on. I cannot relate to each one, because all Autists are different, but some really spoke to me on such a deep level. Especially the low battery and needing to sleep. I always say, I am closed to the world for the next two hours or days.
love these! i'm autistic (although pretty low on the spectrum) and i related to a lot of these! :)
I relate to nearly every one of these. I've never been diagnosed with autism, tho.
HI MY NAMES JACK AND I HAVE AUTISM AND ADHD I REALLY LOVE THIS I WILL DIFFERENTLY SHARE THIS WITH MY TEACHER I GO TO A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND ITS NAME IS PARKSIDE SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL AND I'M AT PUKEKOHE HIGH SCHOOL SUTTLE UNIT AND I HAVE GOT MY OWN PRIVATE DESK WHICH IS ALSO BY OUR T.A (TEACHER AID) AREA AND IT IS KIND OF BLOCK OFF I HAVE TO STUFFED GAIFFIRES THEIR NAMES ARE NICK AND SIR MAFFS ALOT
I can relate to every comic...but I was never diagnosed with autism, just told im a crazy bitch.
These illustrations are really amazing, I was laughing out loud the entire time as I found these so relatable. Especially the floor is lava one. I feel so tired sometimes explaining to people why I refuse to touch certain surfaces. It’s just so hard to explain, it’s not like I am intentionally being difficult you know. I had so much help from autism support workers over the past year and they really helped me lead a normal life but I just wish people around me would be more understanding sometimes.
These were so cute. Helped me understand how autism affects people. I loved them.
This isn't being autistic... this is just being a normal person!!
although i don't have autism, this post was very relatable! great artist and very talented :)
I relate to every single comic. With me I can't stand crowds. if I have to go somewhere that has a lot of people I usually end up sitting by myself because if I get overwhelmed I've found that going somewhere that I'm alone helps calm me down
It's not 1:1 for every Aspie, but there's plenty to relate to all right. Sometimes I forget that the things I experience as "normal" really aren't, and comics like this remind me of that.
I hope that some people understand people like me better after watching those pictures
I'm confused... She's called aspigirl, but she's autistic? The comics all sounds like asperger's, and they're different things. They have different quirks and are caused by different genes. As an Aspie I hate being lumped in with autistics because people have all these completely incorrect assumptions when you do that. When they combined them in the dsm-v it caused a lot of problems for a lot of us who can no longer get the correct type of help :(