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Some people who have gone through the school system and are full time college students get diagnosed with Aspergers and later go on to get a diagnoses of low functioning autism. It's true.

I'm not going through seven pages of "no". You are an awesome, funny, and valued poster so here's my vote for you to stick around.

I'm also NT, but I have an imaginary autistic cat.

Truthfully, the reason why people have difficulty understanding Shakespeare is because it's written in 16th-17th century English, with words that are obsolete today, or have different meanings than they have today. This is especially true of words which were "vernacular" or "slang" back then. There are verbal puns which would have resonated with the audience of 1600; however, a person of the 21st century would have to be a Shakespearean scholar to understand some of these puns.

Shakespeare's plays were part of the "popular culture" of Elizabethan England.

Even illiterate people from 1600 would have understood Shakespeare quite well. He actually wrote for the "common man" of his day.

Dickens was an absolutely amazing writer. He was a great satirist of his time. He went against the grain of much of Victorian literature by writing abundantly about what was going on in the slums. Many of his characters were caricatures, and some had realistic depth. He wrote realistically about the conditions of those slums.

If you want to read about "quirky town folk" written in a way which is quite understandable, you should read the works of Sinclair Lewis, who wrote "Main Street." "Winesburg, OH" is another novel in this genre, known as "American Realism."

You write like Melville, though. He wrote about every breath a person takes when he goes out for a walk. Nothing wrong with that--many readers like exquisite detail like that.

Frankenstein: one of the greatest works of literature of all time. It was written before Victorian times--in what is called the "Romantic Period." It was written in about 1815. Yes, it had gory details that probably wouldn't be written in a novel of today.

It talked about what happens when Man (as a species) tries to influence his environment too much. If Man tries to influence his environment too much, according to the premise of the book, he creates a Monster.

Mary Shelley was a great feminist of her time. She was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, who was a great writer in her own right.

You have a point there.

I have had times when, at age 15, I didn't quite understand, fully, what I have read; but when I was 25, I understood it much better.

What lies did you tell today about your fake autism?
I bet your are all hoaxing me.
But maybe I am hoaxing you too.

Apparently I'm lying about being a real human being. At least the people in my life seem to think so, anyway. I guess those with autism aren't human to many of those without it.

Good bye WP

Sorry for all the trouble I caused.

I don't feel that you should leave, but if you must, you must.

Stay with us OP, we need input from young people like yourself to prevent WP getting stuffy!

You write well! I agree with Kraftiekortie. You have real talent.

Some folk are posting needless stuff on this thread and are asking for it to be locked if they carry on thus.