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Are autistic people nice people?

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I’m curious about how autistic people are perceived socially, particularly around ideas like “niceness” and friendliness, which can be quite subjective and culturally defined.

From your own experiences, how do you interpret or experience interactions with autistic people? Do you think differences in communication style affect how autistic people are perceived as “nice” or not?

For those who have autistic friends (or are autistic themselves), what do you value in those friendships? What do you think autistic people often bring to relationships that might be overlooked or misunderstood?

I don't believe I've had autistic friends and don't seek autistic people out as potential friends so I'm curious to know whether other people are the similar.

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  • Autistic people need to systematize relationships. If you want me to be kind, then tell me you want me to be kind. I can probably think if ways to be kind, but you may initially want to suggest sensible ways to be kind. If I have suitable advance warning, then you could try extending your arms around my body and squeezing. Instinct probably just prompts return of the gesture.

    If I talk like this in public, the people with the vestigial primate network thing in their brains may be less receptive though. Silly monkeys!

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  • Autistic people need to systematize relationships. If you want me to be kind, then tell me you want me to be kind. I can probably think if ways to be kind, but you may initially want to suggest sensible ways to be kind. If I have suitable advance warning, then you could try extending your arms around my body and squeezing. Instinct probably just prompts return of the gesture.

    If I talk like this in public, the people with the vestigial primate network thing in their brains may be less receptive though. Silly monkeys!

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