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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
The author outright admittng he did no research on autism spectrum disorders because "imagination always trumps research" doesn't help.
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An excuse for laziness. You can always choose to ignore research if you are writing fiction, but imagination doesn't trump research.
In some cases you should even admit in end-notes that something is fantasy if it's not SF&F genre. Like instant sedatives or poison. There's a reason why actual bullets are used on a rampaging animal or gunman in a built up area.
And if it's supposedly not fiction, the Publisher should do some research.