
Dear Screenwriters and Fiction Writers: “Autistic” Is Not a Bad Word
Autistic characters can be found in fiction– in print, television, and in movies– but their autism is not owned and accepted.

Autistic characters can be found in fiction– in print, television, and in movies– but their autism is not owned and accepted.

A short story which employs a scifi metaphor of being autistic in a neurotypical social setting. On assimilation, empathy, and groupthink.

My name is Hugh Willis. I am autistic. Having an autism spectrum diagnosis and changing my life narrative has been a difficult journey of self-discovery. Acceptance

A brief overview: My play is set in a world where some Aspies are born with the ability to move time, to bend it to