Les Murray said his autism shaped his poetry – his late poems offer insights into his creative process
- Written by Amanda Tink, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University

An autistic author recently tweeted:
I filled out an autism quotient questionnaire for my upcoming assessment and one of the questions was about if I am fascinated by dates and I said no BUT now I want to go to the supermarket and buy some dates and see how fascinating they really are.
Reading this, I decided that a...