Autism, Writing, and Craft, part 2: Communication

How an autistic writer's approaches to emotion and to language can be different from a neurotypical's.

Here's part 2 of my series on autistic writing styles and how they might differ from neurotypical writing styles. Part 1, looking at character and agency, is here. This week we're going to be looking at emotions and communication. In addition to the broad traits of a character, autistic people are known to have atypical emotional reactions to specific c…