Published on 12, July, 2020
I want to meet people as I'm minimally speaking and actually have little to no real life friends. The place I'm in gives opportunities which I do take, but I'm often ignored because I can't speak that well. I'm not sure how to go about meeting people in that case. I do have moderate to severe sensory issues, I can handle a busy restaurant on a good day, but on a bad day I'd rather die than be there.
And I need something to distract me from various thoughts. I'm in my mid 20s if that's any help.
I wish you lots of luck with the group, I really hope it works out for you.
I'm not minimally speaking by choice though, that's the issue. I can't process things the way others do either which makes me over simplify what I want to say. And speech issues don't help that.
Don't always have to have real life friends by the way. Online can work too. I've had some great autistic online friends, who were surprised by my length of understanding of their traits.