Alyssa Hillary, an Autistic graduate student, blogging about life, the universe, and everything, especially their life. (The answer is 42.)
Note For Anyone Writing About Me
Guide to Writing About Me
I am an Autistic person,not a person with autism. I am also not Aspergers. The diagnosis isn't even in the DSM anymore, and yes, I agree with the consolidation of all autistic spectrum stuff under one umbrella. I have other issues with the DSM.
Holy S--t Alyssa! You beat me to my own poem. Years ago in college as a Lit. major I learned about the many different ways of judging/rating a writers work. Flow, grammar, popularity, profoundness, depth are just a few. Some even contradict each other. Art is so subjective. It may be even more difficult for us (Aspie here) as communication is often challenging, especially with neurotypicals and in person. I remember sometimes showing classmates my work and at first being accused of plagiarism because they thought it was so good. I guess they thought that if I was so bad at talking I must be bad at writing too. Especially in poetry, "rules" are not absolute.
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Holy S--t Alyssa! You beat me to my own poem. Years ago in college as a Lit. major I learned about the many different ways of judging/rating a writers work. Flow, grammar, popularity, profoundness, depth are just a few. Some even contradict each other. Art is so subjective. It may be even more difficult for us (Aspie here) as communication is often challenging, especially with neurotypicals and in person. I remember sometimes showing classmates my work and at first being accused of plagiarism because they thought it was so good. I guess they thought that if I was so bad at talking I must be bad at writing too. Especially in poetry, "rules" are not absolute.
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