Autistic Time

Autistic time is Bayo Akomolafe’s name in Bayo Akomolafe: The Untimely for a temporal challenge he learns through his son. The source’s central story is the son’s daily “Merry Christmas” greeting and the family’s eventual decision to decorate outside December.

The concept does not treat neurodivergence as a deficit to repair. Through Orland Bishop’s intervention, the story becomes a critique of imposing neurotypical calendar order as if it were the only legitimate time.

Key Claims

• Repetition, circular walking, daily Christmas, or calendar mismatch may disclose tasks others do not understand.
• Neurotypical time can become another version of Modern Time Discipline when it converts difference into correction.
• The Untimely is not only historical or political; it can appear in ordinary family life and perception.

Connections

• Bayo Akomolafe and Orland Bishop - source speaker and named interlocutor in the story.
• The Untimely - broader concept the son’s answer helps define.
• Attention As Weather - adjacent perceptual frame for what people notice or dismiss.