[HN Gopher] A new biography of Louise Fitzhugh, who wrote "Harri...
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       A new biography of Louise Fitzhugh, who wrote "Harriet the Spy"
        
       Author : collapse
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-04-22 17:04 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | jawns wrote:
       | I read "Harriet the Spy" as a child, then re-read it 2 years ago
       | to my own kids, and I couldn't shake the thought, as I read it,
       | that this was a portrait of a girl with autism before autism was
       | really understood, or at least widely known as a diagnosis.
       | 
       | Here is a blog post by an autistic woman that goes into detail
       | about why Harriet is pretty clearly on the autism spectrum:
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       | https://cllynch.com/harriet-the-spy-is-autistic/
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       | To be honest, this realization made it harder for me to enjoy the
       | book as an adult, because it's hard to watch her life spiral out
       | of control, knowing that if the people around her better
       | understood autism, some of that pain might have been avoided.
        
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