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Positives of autism

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What do you think are the positive characteristics of being an autistic person?

I quite often feel negative about my autism, and that I would have had a very different (better?) life if I had been allistic.

So, in a way this is a cheer yourself up thread.

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  • I often credit Autism/ADHD for my creativity.

    In my writings I have developed a unique system that combines the typical paragraph-led style you would see in novels with dialogue reflecting more of a script style. For example, here’s an excerpt from a fantasy/western I’m working on:

    Shane puts down the feather duster and lifts a small, bluish bottle from the shelf. He pops off the tiny cork and gives the concoction inside a big whiff. Then he reseals it and asks:

    SHANE: Hey, uh… Ma?

    Armanda, who is busy mixing up new batches of lotions, does not look up.

    ARMANDA: Hm? What, Son?

    SHANE: Are you by chance watering down the goods?

    She stops and looks up.

    ARMANDA: What makes you ask that?

    I developed this format of writing SPECIFICALLY with my own ADHD in mind. When I read, it is so much easier to scan for character names in script form than trying to figure out who is speaking when within a paragraph. At the same time, using paragraphs to describe actions and settings is easier than how most scripts handle it. I’m very proud of my writing style and I honestly believe it would be way easier for ND readers to understand.

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  • I often credit Autism/ADHD for my creativity.

    In my writings I have developed a unique system that combines the typical paragraph-led style you would see in novels with dialogue reflecting more of a script style. For example, here’s an excerpt from a fantasy/western I’m working on:

    Shane puts down the feather duster and lifts a small, bluish bottle from the shelf. He pops off the tiny cork and gives the concoction inside a big whiff. Then he reseals it and asks:

    SHANE: Hey, uh… Ma?

    Armanda, who is busy mixing up new batches of lotions, does not look up.

    ARMANDA: Hm? What, Son?

    SHANE: Are you by chance watering down the goods?

    She stops and looks up.

    ARMANDA: What makes you ask that?

    I developed this format of writing SPECIFICALLY with my own ADHD in mind. When I read, it is so much easier to scan for character names in script form than trying to figure out who is speaking when within a paragraph. At the same time, using paragraphs to describe actions and settings is easier than how most scripts handle it. I’m very proud of my writing style and I honestly believe it would be way easier for ND readers to understand.

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