Searching for Structure
An autistic writer tries to make sense of his passion for trains, maps, and timetables.
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An autistic writer tries to make sense of his passion for trains, maps, and timetables.
In anticipation of the ‘new results’ RFK Jr. has promised about the causes of autism, an overview of what science has already learned.
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen: “When you systemise, you try to analyse the rules, the events that happen with some regularity, and causal relationships, so you can identify predictable patterns.”
Autism has become a catchall term to explain and dismiss the problem child. But it can also be viewed as a superpower.
I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.
Since then, the 'autism' landscape has changed: In the early 1970s, autism had not quite emerged from its Dark Ages.