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Author: ThreeferFAQMinorityChick

Oct 29th 2011 at 5:11:20 PM

I am also on the spectrum. Another example that should be added is ''A Wizard Alone'' by Diane Duane, which has Darryl McAllister, who is autistic. I forget how or why Darryl is supposed to be autistic, but from the best that I can remember, he picked up the So You Want to Be a Wizard book, took the Oath, went on his Ordeal, and then became autistic. I read it years ago, so I'll need some help here from someone who has read it more recently than I have or remembers the details more clearly. But I specifically remember that Kit tried to get through to Darryl and then became autistic himself/acquired some autistic traits for a while, which has the UnfortunateImplications that if a neurotypical gets to know an autistic too well, then they'll - OH NOEZ! - become autistic like ''them''! And also that being autistic is an inherently undesirable and horrible thing to be. And also, Darryl is able to get rid of his autism by locking it away with the Lone Power and this is treated as a happy ending. The UnfortunateImplications in that one should be obvious: it assumes that A) autism = bad and that all autistic people agree with this and B) all autistic people would get rid of it if they could.