Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm told that autistic people have areas of special interest, mine is humans, I know I am one, I know others are too, but I don't understand my own species, so I study them, I didn't realise until a year or so ago that I was doing it. I used to be a counsellor and was quite good at it, I think it was because of not despite being autistic, it allows me to see others problems as an abstract whilst still empathising. I think we get told we're not good with emotions, personally I think that rubbish, we might feel overwhelmed by them and some people seem to have storm force auras, but we do feel.
What are your specialisms and interests?
As a kid I was utterly obsessed with astronomy, dinosaurs and the countries of the world (capitals, populations, land areas, shape on a map etc). As I moved into my teens I discovered computers and that has remained a lifelong interest for me and has been my career. I'm quite lucky to have been able to make a good career out of something I love. More esoterically, but at least tangentially related to computing, have been equally long interests in AI and consciousness.
And cats, of course.