By Helen Carmichael
Many autistic people have intense and highly-focused interests, often from a fairly young age. These can change over time or be lifelong. It can be art, music, trains, computers, car registration numbers, bus or train timetables, postcodes, table tennis…An interest in collecting is also quite common.
Autistic people often report that the pursuit of such interests is fundamental to their wellbeing and happiness.
I have a dawning realization that I can communicate with plants.
This makes me either deluded or a shaman. Or perhaps a typical human who is just remembering things, things that we all used to know.
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