Published on 12, July, 2020
What are the rules around that?
I think a lot of “adult” topics are really relevant for people with autism and would be good for many people to discuss. I would like the opportunity sometimes to talk about more adult subjects. I find other people’s perspectives really interesting and adult topics can be discussed in a way that is not offensive nor graphic. I’d be really interested to talk about someone’s experience with prostitutes. I fully appreciate other people wouldn’t. So maybe just a warning in the title of the thread would prevent people from reading the information if they didn’t like that kind of thing?
Sex and intimacy can be a bloody hard emotive subject for people who struggle with sensory overload, lack of control, touch, letting go, change in routine, reading other people’s emotions etc! It’s a nightmare!
sex and intimacy can be none existent for people with autism lol
And yet no one wants to handel that hot potato. I go to a charity that runs social events for autistic people. They started as a dating service but they haven't run as a dating service for years.
Nothing I see online surprises me any more - but sometimes, at the same time, some things online do manage to make even me cringe - some friends have told me about certain stuff as I’m no stranger to gay porn or “blue movies” but even the things I have seen these days are total cringe
I’m grateful for having lived through the 70’s and 80’s in Rural Ireland and under traditional Catholic Social Teaching with “Faith and Morals” being the most cherished and important thing, despite being raised in Vatican II - having lived 22 years in the U.K. and seeing how modern Ireland has totally collapsed morally long after I came out as gay as an older gay man, those Catholic values I’ve learned have enabled me to navigate the crazy world we live in now and to retain my sanity - I never really appreciated the true value of my background until after the first 10 years of my living in the U.K. and coming home to Ireland on visits, which allowed me to see things much more clearly and prepared me for the emotional roller coaster of Covid, now I’m firmly in the camp of traditional values and my traditional Catholic faith is stronger than ever - I found my transition from Vatican II back to the traditional Catholic faith so much of a homecoming with the Mass in Latin and a very easy transition, far more so than cutting all ties with and support for the gay community and in many respects, despite all the craziness of the modern world, I’m very much at peace with my return to my Catholic roots and the Catholic faith