About Elliot

Elliot Gavin Keenan

PhD Candidate at UCLA (psychology), autistic young adult

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My name is Elliot, I’m 25 years old and a PhD candidate in psychology (I work in clinical and computational subfields) at the University of California, Los Angeles. I’m a published author; my first memoir, “On Being Insane”, is available on Amazon. I have my own blog where I discuss psychology, which is one of my special interests; my other special interest, which has been lifelong since I was about five years old, is Pokémon! That’s what I will write about here.

Elliot also designed the Autisticana website!

A Blog About Autistic Interests
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder often have intense interests or fixations. This blog is a space for young adults to showcase their interests, thereby providing a medium for their voices to be heard. All of the interest posts are written by autistic people, with commentary from Dr. Christine Grimaldi.

Many of our interests are drawn from pop culture and contemporary media; this includes franchises such as Marvel, Pokémon, and Lego. Certain media or topics seem to draw particular attention from autistic audiences, but special interests can also cover other topics — for example, science or history.