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Telling people about my autism

Rainbowgirl
over 1 year ago

Hi 

I was wondering who do I tell about my autism?  My family and some friends know but I am afraid to tell other friends as I feel I don't need to talk about it all time but I feel some people would understand me better if they knew. Especially because of some my behaviour such as repetition, masking and lack of patience, not being touched   

Rainbowgirl 

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  • over 1 year ago

    I told my family and a couple of friends, but I'm not sure there was much benefit from the latter, although there wasn't a negative result either. I don't think everyone is equipped to really deal with knowing. I don't know your situation, but if you're at school/university/work, you might want to think carefully about whether to tell so you can request adjustments. And people shouldn't be touching you without your permission regardless of whether you're autistic! You can tell them that! I feel the UK has got "touchier" since I was a child and I don't like it.

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  • over 1 year ago

    I told my family and a couple of friends, but I'm not sure there was much benefit from the latter, although there wasn't a negative result either. I don't think everyone is equipped to really deal with knowing. I don't know your situation, but if you're at school/university/work, you might want to think carefully about whether to tell so you can request adjustments. And people shouldn't be touching you without your permission regardless of whether you're autistic! You can tell them that! I feel the UK has got "touchier" since I was a child and I don't like it.

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