What your tips for writing a book on autism?

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I'm trying to write a book on autism and need some tips.

Writing any kind of book on any subject is a huge undertaking.

What aspect of autism are you writing this book about?

I'm not sure I guess a general way about how I view autism and symptoms mand stuff about discrimination. And also solutions for treating autistic people

Do you have some category ideas?

You could start by writing about single situations and gardually chain them together, so that you essentially write a mindmap over your own experience of being in the world.

Well first you don't start by saying your going to write a book...

Are you wanting to write to inform people about the condition or something else.

Or do you want to write to become famous, respected, make money or something dumb like that.

Well...I am toying with blogging about one aspect of it myself. Might turn into a book. The Neanderthal theory of the origin of aspergers. Not a partisan of the theory at all ( I doubt that Neanderthals could have survived if they were all LFAs), but its the journey. Not the destination. Am into anthropology and archeolology. So it would be interesting to explore those realms with aspergers in mind.

But you apparently want to write some kind of an overview for the general public about autism in general. And I get the feeling that you have some ideas about treating autism that you eager to shout out. Maybe you're eager to talk about first hand experiences with how you were missunderstood growing up, or the like. An autobiographical angle.

Maybe start small. Like a blog. Talk about your own experiences. See how it goes. Then maybe expand upon the idea. Interview others (both autistics, and experts).