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Talking a lot about Autisim

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I am new to the Autism  Forum I am 64 years old  and was diagnosed 10 years ago with Higher  Functioning Autism  (it used to be named Aspergers Syndrome but  the name has been changed  after recent news came to light about Dr Hans Aspergers)   I would like to know if anyone else is like this. I have a close circle of friends who accept me as I am, but I lost one friend some time ago because she could not take me speaking about the Spectrum, a lot of the time or Emailing her information which was just to help her understand about the Spectrum,and why I did or said things the way I did. I was never rude or nasty though. Welll she  sent me an Email,, that said I would grow old and be very lonely and have no friends. I took that to mean cause I spoke about Autism, a lot. And someone else told me that was true.I just wonder does anyone else relate to this? Sorry to have  gone on a lot please forgive me.

Helena

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  • Hi, welcome to the forum. I'm 25 and I'm waiting for my diagnostic assessment. It sounds like this friend is very selfish. When you're reading up on autism to try and get to know yourself better, you naturally want to share that information with the people closest to you. The people who matter will stick around and listen; those who don't care aren't the kind of people you want to surround yourself with. Also, don't apologise - you're not "going on", and if you can't open up here, where else can you?

    My advice would be not to worry about whether you talked too much about autism - she just didn't listen enough. Focus on the people who appreciate you for who you are. Take good care of yourself and be kind to yourself too.

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  • Hi, welcome to the forum. I'm 25 and I'm waiting for my diagnostic assessment. It sounds like this friend is very selfish. When you're reading up on autism to try and get to know yourself better, you naturally want to share that information with the people closest to you. The people who matter will stick around and listen; those who don't care aren't the kind of people you want to surround yourself with. Also, don't apologise - you're not "going on", and if you can't open up here, where else can you?

    My advice would be not to worry about whether you talked too much about autism - she just didn't listen enough. Focus on the people who appreciate you for who you are. Take good care of yourself and be kind to yourself too.

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