Emily Dickinson {Fan Favorite Re-drop #4}

Autistic Culture Podcast | What if autism isn’t what you think it is?

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Emily Dickinson {Fan Favorite Re-drop #4}

The quintessential Autistic rebel

Dr. Angela Kingdon

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Matt Lowry, LPP

Jul 16, 2024

Transcript

This episode originally aired on November 7, 2022 under the title “Poetry is Autistic.”

“That seems largely like Autistic torture, because leaving the sanctity of a well-stocked library to go make small talk…” “Yeah, literally.” “Oh, my God.”

“Due to the monotropic mindset, when we find something that is appealing, we have to dive deeply and fully into it…whatever it is that feeds this passion for us. If we are in the zone, we are healing.”

“And can you imagine, like, the social anxiety? All you want to do is read. You're in the middle of a great book and you have to go see some fake ass people and smile and drink tea.”

“This is a thing that I don't understand about neurotypical culture, because it's based largely on colonialism, white supremacy, puritanism, and all this stuff. There's this element of, ‘Have you tried just suffering?’”