Many autistic people have very strong interests, which we call special interestsVery strong interests that autistic people have.. For example, some autistic people have a special interest in trains. They think about trains a lot, and know a lot more about trains than other people. They want to spend most of their time thinking about trains.
There are all kinds of special interests. It might be something big, like science, or it might be something smaller, like a favorite band.
Sometimes, special interests only last a little while. You might only have a special interest for a week. Other times, you could have one for a few months or years. Some special interests stay with us our whole lives.
There might be times when you have no special interests, and there might be times when you have a lot of special interests. All of this is normal.
Special interests are good, because they make us happy! We can use our special interests to help people, and they can be useful in our jobs. Special interests are really important to most autistic people.