Were young men with Autism wrapped up in Cotton Wool?

I feel that, after hearing stories about how young girls take such advantage of the boys they date, boys nowadays are wrapped up in cotton wool; therefore, they're not allowed the opportunity to row up.

A female friend, the closest woman I ever had to a girlfriend, looks after her Autistic brother - who's now 40 - and keeps saying, "He can't look after himself! So, he can't!" Well, he was never given the opportunity to make adult decisions. I felt that was the same with my gran; although my brother was given more opportunity to be independent once he went to Tech. Most of it stems from women's obsession with 'The Family Name'. Also, women don't have a healthy way of dealing with grief; my female friend's father died of cancer, and an aunt of hers died of Covid last winter; the aunt's husband died soon after.

Also, I said I wasn't taking the vaccine, and her response was, "DO AS I SAY!" Now, she's making nachos for my dinner tomorrow; which I'll collect, then heat up. I'm worried what she might say. But I'll play by ear.

I can cope with the housework, on my own, but haven't a scooby about money-management; mainly because my income is so low.

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  • Your attitude to the Covid vaccine is irrational. In the UK there have been 129,743 deaths caused by the virus and 460 deaths after administration of vaccines, this does not mean that the vaccines caused all, or even a significant proportion, of these deaths, however. The danger posed by any of the vaccines is insignificant, compared to the dangers of the Covid virus. My daughter was 22 when she caught Covid last year; it had very bad effects on her health for many months after, plus she was briefly admitted to hospital six months after the initial infection. Your friend should have made an appeal to your intelligence, rather than giving you orders.

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  • Your attitude to the Covid vaccine is irrational. In the UK there have been 129,743 deaths caused by the virus and 460 deaths after administration of vaccines, this does not mean that the vaccines caused all, or even a significant proportion, of these deaths, however. The danger posed by any of the vaccines is insignificant, compared to the dangers of the Covid virus. My daughter was 22 when she caught Covid last year; it had very bad effects on her health for many months after, plus she was briefly admitted to hospital six months after the initial infection. Your friend should have made an appeal to your intelligence, rather than giving you orders.

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