What do you all actually think about the term “special interest”?
I’ve never really been able to connect with it, but I don’t see it as something negative either. Sometimes I just feel like people throw the term around too casually, like: “I’ve had a new special interest for 2 days now: dinosaurs! Before that it was something else for a shorttime, and tomorrow it’ll probably be something completely different again.”
I sometimes feel like it’s just normal to become really interested in something for a while and want to learn more about it. I honestly think neurotypical people experience that too, which is why the term “special interest” feels a bit strange to me sometimes especially the fact that it always has to be called “special.”
But I honestly don’t know. I’d really like to hear what other people / you all think about it. This isn’t meant in a bad way at all, I’m just genuinely confused about it sometimes.