“Today’s episode is an exploration of autistic temporality, contrasting it with neurotypical models of time and history. The source article from Dr. Jaime Hoerricks critiques a New York Times piece for omitting the autistic experience of time as internal, dynamic, and coherence-driven. Dr. Hoerricks uses their own transition as an example of how autistic individuals reconfigure their past in light of new understandings, emphasising the fluidity of self and history. They further delve into the concept of “the deep now” as a flow state where time ceases to exist, and laments the world'‘s failure to acknowledge autistic ways of processing and understanding. Dr. Hoerricks expresses a commitment to articulating these missing perspectives, viewing their writing as a continuous, evolving process rather than a set of fixed conclusions. The source article ends with a poem that speaks to the lived experience of autistic time.”

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/this-is-not-the-final-version-autistic

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