![]() ![]() When I was younger, I was told I have a stone heart. Another part of why I wanted to write Khai is that’s a journey that I’ve been going on throughout my life. ![]() I’ve gotten letters from parents saying that they worry because their children believe that about themselves, and it’s really heartbreaking to me. I wanted to tell that story because it’s a pretty common stereotype for autistic people that we don’t have feelings, and I wanted to show how damaging it is to continue that and how bad it is when we ourselves believe that. ![]() Khai was born from that feeling of injustice. A lot of the autistic people I’ve interacted with are the kindest, most considerate people I know. That we don’t feel emotions and we can’t experience empathy. While I was researching autism, I ran across this website online, and they basically that autistic people are heartless. Why was Khai’s love story the next one you felt compelled to tell? You created such a rich world in The Kiss Quotient. ![]()
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