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{{Infobox short story|author = [[Harry Turtledove]]|pub_date = June 18, 2019|image = SpeakertoEmos.jpg|ImageSize = 180px|first appearance = Asimov's Science Fiction|reprinted = No|collected = No|genre = [[Alternate history]]}}'''"Speaker to Emos"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]], published in the July/August issue of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' on June 18, 2019. It is a broad [[alternate history]] set in world where people with [[Asperger Syndrome]] are the "default" setting for a [[human (Speaker to Emos)|human]] being, whereas people without Asperger's have [[von Mellenthin's Syndrome]], and are "abnormal" emos.[https://twitter.com/HNTurtledove/status/1136019208901292032]
 
{{Infobox short story|author = [[Harry Turtledove]]|pub_date = June 18, 2019|image = SpeakertoEmos.jpg|ImageSize = 180px|first appearance = Asimov's Science Fiction|reprinted = No|collected = No|genre = [[Alternate history]]}}'''"Speaker to Emos"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]], published in the July/August issue of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' on June 18, 2019. It is a broad [[alternate history]] set in world where people with [[Asperger Syndrome]] are the "default" setting for a [[human (Speaker to Emos)|human]] being, whereas people without Asperger's have [[von Mellenthin's Syndrome]], and are "abnormal" emos.[https://twitter.com/HNTurtledove/status/1136019208901292032]
   
The story focuses on emo counselor [[Carol Nugent]] and her session with fellow emo [[Justin Becker]]. As such, there isn't a traditional conflict or plot progression, but the story does invite the non-Asperger reader to empathize with those who have Asperger's via the reversal.
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The story focuses on emo counselor [[Carol Nugent]] and her session with fellow emo [[Justin Becker]]. As such, there isn't a traditional conflict or plot progression, but the story does invite the non-Asperger reader to empathize with those who have Asperger's via the reversal.
   
 
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