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When Autistic Special Interests Get Canceled

July 31, 2025 • By Sarah Kurchak

How can autistic people cope, when their passions or special interests become irretrievably flawed, or get canceled?

Autistic Inertia: An Overview

December 8, 2016 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Maxfield Sparrow unstrangemind.com Image description: a photo of the Mason Dixon line from about 20 miles away, taken by Sparrow Rose Jones at the Maryland/Pennsylvania border near Clear Spring, Maryland on October 4, 2016 I was talking with my boyfriend yesterday about autistic inertia. I was describing how it affects me and bemoaning the fact