Dating

I have but never deliberately. What happens over and over again is that I think I've made a friend and then suddenly they're trying to stick their tongue down my throat. I don't know how your supposed to tell something is a date vs hanging out.

I wouldn't know the difference between that either. I'm sorry that must be so uncomfortable and frightening to go through.

I guess upon first meeting you can say that you're just here to hang out and chat casually, that way the person you're with would know how things stand with you. What's obvious to us isn't always obvious to neurotypicals so it can be helpful to explain to them sometimes.

It seems like overkill (and kind of arrogant?) to say that to everyone I happen to hang out with. Also on the few occasions I have picked up on signs that there might be some ulterior motive and said that, the other person usually says "oh no that wasn't my intention don't worry" and then makes a pass later anyway.

It was set up by a UK charity and I think it was aimed at the UK autistic community initially. However I guess once on the app stores anyone can find it.

There does seem to be very little awareness or mention of it on here since it was launched.

I just signed up for that app. Everyone on it appears to be in the USA 

There is the Autistic Empathy app that was mentioned on here when it launched last year.

https://www.actionforaspergers.org/autistic-empathy-app/

It is completely free and they are very strict on proof of identity to try to ensure safety.

I believe it is for friendship as well as dating. When I signed up very briefly last year that wasn't working well and users were being messaged about dating when they had specified friendship only in their profile. Hopefully things will have improved since the strict id verification was introduced.

I cannot vouch for it personally. I only signed up briefly out of curiosity and when I didn't send the required id my account got deleted automatically. 

There's also one called Hiki but I think that is worldwide and therefore will be harder to find local matches.

There is the Autistic Empathy app that was mentioned on here when it launched last year.

https://www.actionforaspergers.org/autistic-empathy-app/

It is completely free and they are very strict on proof of identity to try to ensure safety.

I believe it is for friendship as well as dating. When I signed up very briefly last year that wasn't working well and users were being messaged about dating when they had specified friendship only in their profile. Hopefully things will have improved since the strict id verification was introduced.

I cannot vouch for it personally. I only signed up briefly out of curiosity and when I didn't send the required id my account got deleted automatically. 

There's also one called Hiki but I think that is worldwide and therefore will be harder to find local matches.

It was set up by a UK charity and I think it was aimed at the UK autistic community initially. However I guess once on the app stores anyone can find it.

There does seem to be very little awareness or mention of it on here since it was launched.

I just signed up for that app. Everyone on it appears to be in the USA