Autistic Hedgehog

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Oct 4

shortly after delivering the strong suggestion of autism, my therapist pointed out that of all the things I could pick, my chosen major in college was anthropology. I literally picked the study of humans and why they are they way they are. I am not sure to what degree being autistic can actually be said to influence that, but I can see how one might think that I was so baffled by the creatures around me I just gravitated to anthro. BIZARRE CREATURES ALL OF US.

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I think it’s not actually that uncommon for us to be interested in people. I’m fascinated by history and culture, and if I’d known about anthropology (and had the money) I might have gone into that field myself. And I know I’m not the only autistic to feel that way, either. 

I don’t know how much us being autistic has to do with it. Maybe some, maybe a lot, maybe none. Maybe, because we already have to study people a lot, it’s easy to get fascinated by it. Or maybe we have the same ratio of interest in things like anthropology as allistics do. Now that’s a study that would potentially be interesting; not how many of us go into STEM. 

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