Andrey's questions about poems (split from the intro thread)

[Achebe]

1. You're autistic. This is not meant as an insult. Autism is just a condition where a certain faculty does not develop, but others are heightened. It could be that the parts of your brain that respond to language AND parts that do so to music do not have enough active connections between each other. I am not a neuroscientist, so I couldn't tell you why or how. This will not be a unique condition, I'm sure.

Sorry, Achebe, but many autistic people and their high functioning neighbors the Aspie's (Asperger's) are beautiful poets. Metaphor and all. 
Here's just one example:

I am not convinced that the link you shared is credible. The woman on it self declares her autism, which she then pushes as her USP. To me, she comes across as an attention seeker. 
Given how woolly and unscientific the classification of people with 'Aspergers' is, I wouldn't be surprised if half the world had Aspergers.