Dear Community,
I am an autistic artist and PhD researcher but there is something I continue to find very difficult and I am wondering who else has this experience? Whenever I am asked to describe what my work is about and what the deeper meanings might be I find this almost impossible on the spot, especially verbally. I can write and reflect but cannot seem to explain to my supervisors satisfaction. I have explained that I am Autistic but they still require me to quantify things verbally at every meeting. I seem to mask very well so I think people find it difficult to see me as Autistic but this type of situation, where there a vagaries of meaning unmask me completely, I have no idea how to deal with this or what alternatives I can give them! I am very literal and they want me to use very abstract theories that have subtleties of meaning I seem to miss... Any thoughts would be massively helpful.
