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@youronlyone @StevenSaus @autistics @actuallyautistic

I honestly don't know. I have theories, but they are just theories.
I'd love to see some research on it.

I had another idea though.
Write your stories the way you want to write them then work with an editor to cut out bits until it's neurotypical.
I have a tendency to overdescribe and to do a lot of telling instead of showing.
I can write something that way and have a kind editor to guide me into cutting, elaborating, or changing how it was written.

You just start building on your base. I typically re-edit a story at least twice based on feedback and re-reads with a critical eye.

"Look at him," I said, noting his ragged breathing, pronounced limp, and complete inability to look at us. "He's almost finished."

vs.

I studied his condition. Trouble getting enough air. Leg dragging behind him. He seems to be ignoring us even as we are loudly gaining on his position.
"Look at him," I tell my companion. "he's almost finished.

vs.

The depth of the tracks, the trough on the left, I wasn't surprised his leg was dragging. We could hear his gasps before we saw him, buried under muttered curses. He wasn't trying to hide and neither were we. But he just kept going, jerking step after jerking step, just pulling that useless leg behind. He didn't even turn around.
It was obvious.
I shake my head, almost feeling pity.
"Look at him," I whisper to my fellow tracker, not taking eyes off our stumbling prey.
"He's almost finished."