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Social Rules

dccwal_90

When I filled in a referral form for the local Integrated Autism Service (IAS) I was asked 'Do you have an example of an unspoken social rule that you have struggled with?'

I struggled to answer this question as I did not understand what was meant by an unspoken social rule.

Therefore if anyone can give me examples of an 'unspoken social rule' then it might help me understand what they are referring to ahead of my assessment.

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  • I think the fact that you haven't understood what an example might be is a bit of a clue...I had no idea that there even were any 'unwritten' rules before I realised I was autistic.  I'd tell them you had to look up what was meant by this to find one, lol.

    Only one that crosses my mind is one that I only figured out in recent years... Unless people are very close to you, the only acceptable answer to the question 'how are you?', is: 'fine'.  They are asking out of form, they don't actually want to know how you are.

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  • I think the fact that you haven't understood what an example might be is a bit of a clue...I had no idea that there even were any 'unwritten' rules before I realised I was autistic.  I'd tell them you had to look up what was meant by this to find one, lol.

    Only one that crosses my mind is one that I only figured out in recent years... Unless people are very close to you, the only acceptable answer to the question 'how are you?', is: 'fine'.  They are asking out of form, they don't actually want to know how you are.

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