As an autistic English professor who studies literature and neurodiversity, I was especially unnerved by Kennedy’s contention that many autistic people will never write poetry.

“Autistic and non-Autistic people have vastly different experiences of the world,” Dr. Alex Fox, PsyD, says. “With such different perspectives and frames of reference, interactions aren't ...

We both have brown hair, we both oppose slavery, and we're both autistic! I read it on a list of famous people with Asperger's Syndrome." The list of famous maybe-Aspies is lengthy.