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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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  • Interesting question. To me the answer is simple, autistic people are a cross section of society and, as with any cross section, there will be autistic people who are nice and kind and autistic people who are not. 

    One thing I think many of us do have in common though is we lack the filter that NT people have, we tend to say what we think for better or worse. This can lead to us being more respected or more disliked depending on the circumstances 

  • in reply to Billy87

    Thanks for sharing.

    I understand every autistic person presents differently. Generally, from experience, some autistic people can learn to have a filter but refuse to change because they don't like change.

    I'd welcome your ideas on this.

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