Published on 12, July, 2020
I have from time to time encountered people who have mentioned about, or sometimes suspect as, being on the spectrum and have slightly older male cousin who has Asperger’s but can feel like could still do with trying to practice being able to better relate to people who can be on the spectrum, as well as having a bit more patience when things could be getting discussed to do with a particular interest(s) without trying to accidentally come across as sounding a bit rude if it gets spoken about for a bit too long and could prefer to talk about something else instead.
I've read this a dozen times, and I guess because of the wording, I'm having trouble comprehending what's written.
But from what I understand, you want to practice and better relate to people on the spectrum (or people you suspect as being on the spectrum), and you have an older male cousin that has Aspergers, and he has special interests that he talks about a lot, but sometimes it goes on for a bit too long, and you want to talk about other things instead without sounding rude, an you're wondering how to do that? I hope I understood that right.
I wouldn't just suddenly change the entire conversation to be something completely different, but you could shift the conversation a little, by saying "what you've said reminds me of a game" and show them that game you're playing, or introduce them something that you enioy, and think that they might like. That way, there's more of a gradual shift, and hopefully that helps change the topic a bit to something that you're both interested in.
Yes that’s right and you had understood correctly.
Yes that could be a good way to start talking about other things.