Category Archives: Writing
The Autistic Writer: Writer Retreats
Writer’s retreats. Some swear by them. They can range anywhere from a few hours at a local state park with a brown bag lunch and a writers group, to several weeks in idyllic or even exotic locations, with meals provided. Needless to say, unless you’ve won a contest, the more a retreat provides the higher …
The Autistic Writer: Handwriting
Aesthetics are a lesser mentioned aspect of being on the Spectrum. Whether it be an avoidance of certain clothing due to a repulsion to a color/material or spending hours of labor and hundreds of dollars on displaying collections, Autistic people often make use of aesthetics and milieu to make their segment of the world more …
The Autistic Writer: Coming of Age
Last week I mentioned how stories of bullying don’t appeal to me in fiction, as both a writer and a reader. In quick review, it hits too close to home for me to find any redeeming qualities in such story arcs. Today I want to talk about another common narrative theme in fiction that I …
The Autistic Writer: Autistic Coding
The term “Autistic Coding” generally refers to the act of giving a fictional character distinctive traits that are near-identical to obvious common traits of Autism, without referring to said character as Autistic. (They are only “coded” to appear so.) Coding happens in fiction with various community. There is race-coding and queer-coding. The concept can be …
Ty Unglebower 