Published on 12, July, 2020
Do you generally read or write fiction and/or fanfiction?
I spend my life reading and writing stories of various types, and I wondered if this is normal for autistic people. I thought we were supposed to have very limited imaginations and interests and that was how we got diagnosed. But my imagination is vast, I tend to live in a fantasy world rather than the real world because it is nicer tbh!
What is your imagination like?
Interesting thread! I am also a fan of the fantasy genre.
Authors are often classified as either plotter or pantsers. I have the feeling that writers in the autistic spectrum tend to be prevalently plotters.
like A.C. Doyle, I'm sure he was autistic
AC Doyle or Sherlock Holmes? Some authors are not autistic themselves but they create characters with autistic traits.
Yes, I think diagnostic criteria have been established only in recent times. I saw a number of psychologists, psychiatrists, psychanalysts when I was a teenager and no one had any idea what my problem was!
The history of autism: fascinating talk.
www.ted.com/.../steve_silberman_the_forgotten_history_of_autism