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Finding it hard to understand friendships with neurotypical individuals

Lozza

I am an Autistic adult who is constantly finding it hard to understand why it’s hard to communicate with friends over things. I either overthink or over explain and I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts on this or experiences to share in regards a to how they navigate friendships with others who are neurotypical while being Autistic?

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  • To interact successfully with allistics, who are in the vast majority, observe and copy. I have been doing this all my life, more or less successfully. While some allistics can and are willing to adapt to the communication style of a particular autistic person, it is rare. It is usually up to the autistic person to adapt and blend in with societal norms. It is not ideal, but, as a pragmatist, I accept it as the way things are.

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  • To interact successfully with allistics, who are in the vast majority, observe and copy. I have been doing this all my life, more or less successfully. While some allistics can and are willing to adapt to the communication style of a particular autistic person, it is rare. It is usually up to the autistic person to adapt and blend in with societal norms. It is not ideal, but, as a pragmatist, I accept it as the way things are.

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