What are 'special interests' and how do they relate to the autistic community?

To people that have uncaring and selfish minds, they’ll see special interests relating to autistic people as weird and obsessive but to autistic people, they use special interests as areas of fascination or passion that brings them a source of joy, knowledge, and even skills to help navigate themselves in a neurotypical world.

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