I did play in a campaign with someone with autism, but he didn't want to play a character with autism; oddly enough. He played a barbarian.
And this may be where subconscious escapism comes into play with their character creation choice.
There are lots of reasons that anyone may want to play a character who isn't autistic, and suggesting that it's something to "escape" from is really gross.
I did play in a campaign with someone with autism, but he didn't want to play a character with autism; oddly enough. He played a barbarian.
And this may be where subconscious escapism comes into play with their character creation choice.
Calling that escapism is not accurate, and a bit offensive (I assume you don't mean it, and instead accidentally worded your phrase in a problematic way). Escapism is when you try to escape from an unpleasant experience. That is not what is happening when someone on the Autism Spectrum (like myself) plays a character that is not.
A player who is on the Spectrum would play a character that does not have Autism for the same reason a player without ASD would want to play a character with it. The same reason applies for why a male player would want to play a female character (or vice-versa), or why a human player would want to play a lizardfolk character. It is not escapism, it is wanting to experience a variety of experiences and personalities, as well as having curiosity for being different.
It isn't escapism to play a non-ASD character as an ASD player anymore than it is escapism to play a triton cleric as a player who is a human geneticist.
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I did play in a campaign with someone with autism, but he didn't want to play a character with autism; oddly enough. He played a barbarian.
And this may be where subconscious escapism comes into play with their character creation choice.
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There are lots of reasons that anyone may want to play a character who isn't autistic, and suggesting that it's something to "escape" from is really gross.
Calling that escapism is not accurate, and a bit offensive (I assume you don't mean it, and instead accidentally worded your phrase in a problematic way). Escapism is when you try to escape from an unpleasant experience. That is not what is happening when someone on the Autism Spectrum (like myself) plays a character that is not.
A player who is on the Spectrum would play a character that does not have Autism for the same reason a player without ASD would want to play a character with it. The same reason applies for why a male player would want to play a female character (or vice-versa), or why a human player would want to play a lizardfolk character. It is not escapism, it is wanting to experience a variety of experiences and personalities, as well as having curiosity for being different.
It isn't escapism to play a non-ASD character as an ASD player anymore than it is escapism to play a triton cleric as a player who is a human geneticist.
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I don't see a problem with an autistic character. After all, your characters are merely an extension of you.
The issue isn't trying to play an autistic character. It's trying to impose game rules for being autistic.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Exactly this. Not much more to be said.
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All my characters are autistic because I am and I don’t know how someone who wasn’t would act
i think making rules for anything like this that in the game would be a horrible idea