What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.
Elizabeth MoonI love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.
Elizabeth MoonSo when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.
Elizabeth MoonEven if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs.
Elizabeth Moon