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Female autism in stories

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I am looking to write a story with a female main character. In describing her to my wife, she pointed out that it seemed like I was describing a person who was autistic. It was a thought provoking idea that I latched onto. Since the subject of female autism is so young, it is hard to find much info (for me anyway) I want to make this character relatable and strong with my audience. I was hoping to hear from women who live with autism. Some of these may be personal. If they are, I completely understand if no one wants to share.

1) what is your love life like?

2) what was it like when you first saw the love of your life? What were your thoughts and feelings?

3)what caused you/causes you to be over stimulated

4) is it easy to become frustrated?

5) you lost a loved one, what did you think of feel?

6) how empathic are you?

I have more questions that would like to ask later. I hope I am not being offensive or invasive. Thank you for your time

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  • 1. love life is non-existent currently. Very hard to tell the difference between wanting to be really good friends with someone and wanting to date them.

    2. if romance does happen then it happens very gradually. Not the type to have 'love at first sight'. It takes a long time to build a strong bond with someone.

    3. socialising with people, even people I really like e.g. in my own family, can be overstimulating. At times like Christmas I will really enjoy myself but I'll need to have a break and go in my room to calm down by myself for a while in between socialising. 

    4. frustrated with myself a lot of the time because small things mess up my mood and stop me doing what I need to do. But I don't get frustrated by some things that others would.

    5. never lost a loved one, but I get devastated when my pets die.

    6. I think I used to empathise a lot with animals, but barely at all with people. Now I am a lot better at thinking about what people are feeling but it is more intellectual than instinctive. Quite often I am surprised by people's reactions because I didn't notice the hints about how they felt about something until they actually say it, or I assumed they would react in a different way.

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  • 1. love life is non-existent currently. Very hard to tell the difference between wanting to be really good friends with someone and wanting to date them.

    2. if romance does happen then it happens very gradually. Not the type to have 'love at first sight'. It takes a long time to build a strong bond with someone.

    3. socialising with people, even people I really like e.g. in my own family, can be overstimulating. At times like Christmas I will really enjoy myself but I'll need to have a break and go in my room to calm down by myself for a while in between socialising. 

    4. frustrated with myself a lot of the time because small things mess up my mood and stop me doing what I need to do. But I don't get frustrated by some things that others would.

    5. never lost a loved one, but I get devastated when my pets die.

    6. I think I used to empathise a lot with animals, but barely at all with people. Now I am a lot better at thinking about what people are feeling but it is more intellectual than instinctive. Quite often I am surprised by people's reactions because I didn't notice the hints about how they felt about something until they actually say it, or I assumed they would react in a different way.

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