Isolation and lonliness

It might seem like a daft question, but do you want friends or are you being told you ought to have them? Many autistic people are quite happy with their own company and don't need or want loads of people around them, but wider society tells us we all ought to have herds of people around us and that there's something wrong with spending time alone.

It might seem like a daft question, but do you want friends or are you being told you ought to have them? Many autistic people are quite happy with their own company and don't need or want loads of people around them, but wider society tells us we all ought to have herds of people around us and that there's something wrong with spending time alone.