The Outside in View of Uncommon Bostonian:: What an Autistic Black Woman Sees

by Jupiter Blue

Overview

The Outside In View of Uncommon Bostonian: What an Autistic Black Woman Sees is the creative non-fiction book that shows the writings and art of Yvonne Christian, a Black woman who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2002. A few years after her diagnosis, she became a volunteer blogger of a daily newspaper that often published her posts in their printed editions. Unfortunately, the newspaper folded after their investors decided not to keep it going. Then, Yvonne decided to put all her blog posts in a book with her essays and paintings. The result displays her talents as a writer and artist as well as telling her story about her struggles with employment and emotional abuse. It also shows her love of pop culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483583464
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	10/15/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	140
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Yvonne Christian was born in Washington, DC, in the mid-1960s and grew up in suburban Maryland, just outside of our nation’s capital. After attending public school, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to attend college at Emerson in 1982 for the next four years. When she graduated, Yvonne opted to live in Boston as a disc jockey, which lasted only a few months before the radio station was shut down. Afterward, she became a temp and then a cashier at the legendary Filene’s Basement for several months in 1987 before joining the Internal Revenue Service as a telephone representative. In 2000, she quit the IRS and became a temp for several years before finding a permanent job in the financial industry in 2004. In 2002, she was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and nonverbal learning disorder. In July 2005, a few weeks after she learned that she also has sleep apnea (a sleep disorder), she started her first blog, Outside In, where she started using the pen name Uncommon Bostonian. In August 2007, she became a volunteer blogger at the Boston Now newspaper and named her newspaper blog after her pen name, Uncommon Bostonian. Unfortunately, the Boston Now newspaper ended in April 2008. In December 2008, Yvonne joined a writers group called Writers Anonymous that later published a book called Seven at the Sevens (seven word memoirs written under their pen names). Later, she submitted her writing and artwork along with that of other autistic persons of color writers for the All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, which will be published in 2016.

Table of Contents

Introduction #1 (Why Did It Take So Long To Make This Book Happen?) 11

Introduction #2 (The One I Wrote in 2010. Personally, I Think It's Still Good.) 13

Part 1 The First Posts: Late August 2007-September 2007 17

I Call Myself "Uncommon Bostonian" 19

How I Helped a Fellow Red Line Passenger 21

Caddyshack 3? 23

The Monkees in WODS Hall of Fame! 24

Confessions of a Former Filene's Basement Cashier 25

From One Life to Crosswords 28

Fahey Gets Lost While Pillion and Watkins Get Desperate 29

Knight Takes Over Mornings at WBOS-FM 30

Clinton Campaigns Second Book, Giving 31

The Beatles' Second Movie, Help!, Gets Digitally Remastered on DVD 32

New Beatle Rumor: Hall of Fame Honor for Ringo? 33

Fly Across the Universe to the Nearest Theater! 34

All Eyes on Look Me in the Eye Memoir 35

Are You Excited about the New Fall TV Season? 36

Jim Carrey, Autism Whisperer 38

Cos and Effect: Bill Cosby at Borders Bookstore at Downtown Crossing 39

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2008 Announced 40

Steranko Coming to Next Boston Comic-Con 41

Another Reason Not to Drink Alcohol: 30% Breast Cancer Risk in Women 42

I Did "Think Different" Before It Became Apple's Slogan 43

Obsession 45

Part 2 The October 2007 and November 2007 Posts 47

Separated at Birth? 49

Firefighters' Autopsies: Sad News 50

"Daytime, Nighttime Suffering" for Paul McCartney as Heather refuses to "Work It Out" 52

There Goes the Neighborhood: BNN Television Moves into Jamaica Plain Neighborhood 53

Iggy Come Home: A Real Doggy Mess, but You Can't Blame the Dog for This 57

Maui Fans of Aerosmith "Dream On" Suing the Band for Cancelled Concert 59

"Start Small" in Radio = Bad Advice! 60

Maria Shriver Says to NBC News, "I'm Not Coming Back." 64

Spock In, but Kirk Out in New Star Trek Film 66

Eighth Annual Holistic Expo 2007 on Sunday, November 4 67

So This Is Van Halen! 68

Radio Voices from Boston's Past 70

The Eagles Soar Pass Britney to the Top Spot 71

Holy Reunion! Batman and Robin Are Visiting the Hub This Weekend! 72

Writers' Strike's First Casualty: Saturday Night Live 73

Hillary's $700 Million Autism Plan 74

My New Work "Challenge" 75

Gray Circles 77

Part 3 The December 2007 and January 2008 Posts 79

Henry Hyde a Hero? Ha! 81

Holiday Gift Ideas: Get Yiddishe Mamas and 2008 A Little Joy, A Little Oy 83

Six Grammy Nominations for Amy Winehouse 85

See Jane Call Mitt a "Flip-Flopper" 86

Hurray for One Life to Live 87

Freezing Cold and Slippery 88

Can Dr. Phil Save Britney Spears before It's Too Late? 89

Car Care Blues 90

Hillary Spoke Historical Fact about King and Johnson 92

Bill, Wake Up! 93

Iron Man and Doctor Doom Head Back to Camelot 94

Sunday Is the Forty-ninth Anniversary of "the Day the Music Died" 96

Autism Vaccine Link Controversy in First Episode of Eli Stone 98

Nine-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Heroically Steers Car to Safety 100

Bullied Excessively 101

Images of the Twilight Zone 103

Part 4 The Final Posts: February, March, and Early April 2008 105

I'm Endorsing Hillary for President 107

Was Last Week "International Committed Week?" 109

10 Tips to Avoid a Drug Overdose 110

WBOS RIP 111

Scholz Not Heart Huckabee 112

Happy Leap Year Day! 113

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Now a Sad Ceremony 114

WZLX DJ Carter Alan Talks about War 115

Bill Clinton Meets the Editorial Board 116

Snoop Dogg Remixes One Life to Live Theme Song 117

Happy Fortieth Birthday, WBCN! 118

What to Do on the First World Autism Day, April 2 119

Asperger's Syndrome Isn't Just for Kids 120

Autism Is Not a Disease 122

Vonnegut in Retrospect 123

Jerry Williams Not the Voice of My Generation 124

Bob Dylan Not a Complete Unknown 125

The Simpsons Are Banned in Venezuela 126

Profile of One of My Abusers: My Older Sister, Vera 127

Bits & Pieces 136

Afterword 137

Author's Biography 138