Woody Brown (author)

Woody Brown is a non-speaking autistic born in 1997 American known for the 2026 novel Upward Bound. Brown received an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University in 2024 using facilitated communication via his mother, Mary Brown. This form of communication has been considered unreliable by the National Council on Severe Autism.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Upward Bound AuthorWoody Brown (disputed) PublisherPenguin Random House Publication dateMarch 31, 2026 Upward Bound is a 2026 novel allegedly written by Woody Brown, a profoundly autistic minimally speaking American.[1] It was published by Hogarth, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is a fictional novel centered on an adult daycare center for disabled people in Southern California and portions of it are based on Brown's life as a non-speaking autistic person. Upward Bound was written with Brown's mother, Mary Brown, using the rapid prompting…

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