"Michael is best known to many queer audiences for his sharp, confessional style of comedy that's long centered vulnerability, self-awareness, and the tension between how we're expected to behave and how we actually function-with an occasional touch of raunchiness along the way. That sensibility carries into Attention Seeker, which approaches ADHD with humor and real-life honesty rather than with stigma."
"Rather than framing ADHD as something to fix or push past, Attention Seeker looks at what it means to live with a brain that doesn't always follow expected patterns, especially when creativity, relationships, and work are all part of the equation. The book approaches neurodivergence as something to understand and live alongside, not a problem to solve. For many queer readers, this subject hits close to home."
Humor and candid vulnerability are used to reshape perceptions of ADHD, treating the condition as a way of being rather than a deficit to be corrected. Neurodivergence is framed as something to understand and accommodate alongside creativity, relationships, and work, not a problem to solve. Population research suggests roughly 15–20 percent of people are neurodivergent, about 7–8 percent identify as LGBTQ+, and the overlap between those groups may range from 30 to 70 percent. A community reading option opens February 15, with sign-ups available through February 14 and member access hosted on the Allstora platform.
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