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Introducing yourself as an autistic person?

JDW

Hi,

Today my counsellor suggested one way to ensure I get a better response from people and avoid the risk of offending them unwittingly would be to introduce my self as James and tell I have Aspergers Syndrome and that they should not be offended if I do not look at them, behave or say something oddly. 

I can see why this might be helpful but could this also be letting my autism define me or would it be purely accepting that I am autistic and recognising it?

If anyone has any advice on this subject I would be glad to hear it. 

Thanks

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  • Usually I don't bring it up unless I notice the signs that people are getting annoyed/freaked out by my behaviour/personality/appearence in which I then mention the Aspergers, but mostly thats because kids my age (17-18) have never heard of it before and think autism is some kind of creepy zombie strain that they can catch (told a girl once when she tried to insult me for playing with my dog tags when she was talking at me, she actually backed away and kept looking at me like I was going to bite her for the rest of the week.)

    So, with most adults, I'd say bring it up first because they're more mature. With younger people? Sometimes its best to leave them in the dark.

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  • Usually I don't bring it up unless I notice the signs that people are getting annoyed/freaked out by my behaviour/personality/appearence in which I then mention the Aspergers, but mostly thats because kids my age (17-18) have never heard of it before and think autism is some kind of creepy zombie strain that they can catch (told a girl once when she tried to insult me for playing with my dog tags when she was talking at me, she actually backed away and kept looking at me like I was going to bite her for the rest of the week.)

    So, with most adults, I'd say bring it up first because they're more mature. With younger people? Sometimes its best to leave them in the dark.

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