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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

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Last discussed Jul 4, 2026

A book by comedian Pierre Novellis about his adult autism diagnosis, taking a more analytical and explanatory approach to understanding neurodivergence.

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adult autism diagnosis memoir

Vittorio says Strong Female Character is wild and personal; Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? is more analytical, explaining the reasoning behind it.

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"There's two great books by comedians about adult autism diagnosis. There's Fern Brady — Strong Female Character — and there's Pierre Novellis — Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? The real sort of shot-chaser like Fern is fucking mad and Pier..."

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Used for: Understanding adult autism diagnosis from an analytical comedian's perspective Praised: Explanatory and reasoned approach to understanding autism vs: Compared directly to 'Strong Female Character' by Fern Brady as a complementa...

"There's two great books by comedians about adult autism diagnosis. There's Fern Brady — Strong Female Character — and there's Pierre Novellis — Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? The real sort of shot-chaser like Fern is fucking mad and Pierre is like..."

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