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Talking a lot about Autisim

Fluffy

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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  • Hello and welcome to the forum! I’m sorry to hear that you lost a friend, seemingly because they didn’t like you talking about or educating them about Autism. Ultimately Autism is part of who you are and as horrible as it is to lose a friend, if that ‘friend’ is unable to accept you for who you are then perhaps they were not a friend after all? It is better to spend time with a few people who accept us as we are than spend time with a lot of people who expect us to pretend to be someone we’re not.

  • in reply to Kitsune

    Thanks a lot a very good answer.I always try to  be empathetic and caring if someone has something  that they need to speak about an get off their chest these things cost nothing an mean a lot if someone is struggling. As I have said before I am here for everyone on this forum too if they need to speak.

    Many thanks again

    Helena

  • in reply to Fluffy

    Just keep being true to yourself. The idiots may find the Autism difficult to deal with (Autism as an idiot filter!) But the genuine people with appreciate you for your empathetic and caring nature, and the genuine people make much better friends Slight smile

  • in reply to Kitsune

    Thanks a lot for your very kind words I think what you said is very true.Real friends would accept you as you are and not expect you to be someone you are not.

    Thanks again

    Helena

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