I have a blog on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/lifeofunemployment
At the moment, it doesn't have much on it. What it does have, however, is a little story that I am currently working on. I have done a little googling and it seems that there are quite a few authors who are also on the spectrum, other than Temple Grandin. There are also quite a few poets who are also on the spectrum Here are some of them:
- Mel Baggs – Writer
- Kage Baker – Writer
- Sean Barron – Journalist
- Lydia X. Z. Brown – Writer & Speaker
- Matt Bruenig – Blogger & Political Analyst
- Dani Bowman – Motivational Speaker, Writer & Artist
- Nicole Cliffe – Writer
- Laura Kate Dale – Author
- Aoife Dooley – Writer (source: RTE)
- Corrine Duyvis – Author
- John R. Hall – Author
- Naoki Higashida – Writer
- Helen Hoang – Author
- Liane Holliday Willey – Author of "Pretending to be normal"
- Luke Jackson – Author
- Rosie King – Writer & Public Speaker
- Thomas A. McKean – Author
- Jonathan Mitchell – Blogger & Writer
- Jack Monroe – Food Writer
- Caiseal Mor – Writer
- Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu – Author & Editor
- Jasmine O’Neill – Author
- Brant Page Hanson – Writer & Radio Personality
- Dawn Prince-Hughes – Author
- Sue Rubin – Author
- Stephen Shore – Author & Professor
- Andreas Souvaliotis – Author
- Sarah Stup – Writer
- Susanna Tamaro – Novelist
- Chuck Tingle – Author
- Donna Williams – Writer & Artist
(found on https://blog.ongig.com/diversity-and-inclusion/famous-people-with-autism)
So it would seem that I might be in very good company. Another name that I found is a woman by the name of Patricia Highsmith. She wrote the book "Strangers on a train" and the "Mr. Ripley" books. Maybe this blog (both of them) will be the start of something bigger.
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