Autodidact - A Self Taught Person

Did you know that many autistic people are excellent autodidacts? We don’t learn the same way as neurotypicals do, so we often end up being self taught, our passion and interest fueling our desire to learn. For me, it was always music, and particularly songwriting. When I was in school I used to write songs in the backs of my copy books. I’d go home and spend hours in my room listening to my favourite artists, trying to work out the lyrics (this was before you could just Google the lyrics. Yes, I’m that old!). I went on then to teach myself to play the guitar, the ukulele, the kalimba, and that’s just for starters!

What are you passionate about? What kinds of things did you or do you teach yourself? ❤