Wanting to meet autistic people to build a friendship with

Perhaps you coukd write this :) There are also some great books on "boundaries" out there, often geared towards highly sensitive (HSP) and empathic folks, which I think are super relevant to the autistic community. 

Hi thank you for commenting  I'll add you as a friend so I can message you!

Hi thanks for commenting! That's great, feel free to add me as a friend and send me a message 

That's good to hear, it can be a long process learning about yourself either during the researching period or after diagnosis which can be quite an overwhelming and confusing time. I think it's amazing that you're on here engaging with autistic people to help your son. Has he spoke about making friends? If so does he have an idea on how he would go about that? And thank you! x

Hi and welcome.  I think many here are in the same situation as you.  My first attempt at being social irl for some years was a couple of weeks ago - an autistic meetup.  

Hey  

I am 36 years old and was diagnosed last month. I don’t have any friends at all! It would be nice to connect with other autistic adults. 

Hi.  Feel free to create a discussion and introduce yourself.  people here are, for the most part, very nice and supportive.

Hi!

recently diagnosed and also 27 year old! Would love to make some connections here 

Hi. I think the diagnosis has really helped him in the sense that he now knows why he does and says the things he does. He hasn’t challenged himself at the moment and remains quite happy and calm as home is his comfort zone and he doesn’t really leave the house. But one step at a time  making new friends would be fantastic and I hope that happens soon. Hope you’re ok x

Hi thank you for commenting! That's great, how has he been doing since his diagnosis? x

Hi. My son is in the same boat.He is 29 and was diagnosed in January. To chat to like minded people would  a great way to make some new friends for everyone x

I hope you do! If family or friends aren't then hopefully you'll find some fellow autistics online 

Thanks Chloe ... i guess i need to work on finding someone like that! :-)

Mine too! 

A safe person would be someone you can be your authentic self with, someone who you don't feel is judging you or your autistic traits. Someone you can stim around. Someone who will educate themselves on autism and how it presents itself in you and also not being judged by your different way of communicating (different body language or less eye contact etc) - the way you'd naturally interact.

Thank you! 

Chatting over message sounds nice! You'll be my first message friend on here :) 

That sounds reasonable. is there any guidance on how to tell who a safe person would be?

Hi thanks for commenting!

That's a great plan, collect all the information you need!

It is, if you'd like to chat over message we can do? I'm hoping to find online friends who I can relate to on some topics. My therapist said it seems like I need some autistic connections as I can feel quite alienated with those around me who aren't autistic.

Welcome Chloe! 

I'm not diagnosed yet but have started my pathway to referral, I have a meeting with my GP next month and am collating a pack of research to show my difficulties. 

I'd also like to make friends with like minded individuals. I find that it's much harder to meet a wider variety of people offline. 

I know, there should be an online guidebook or a handbook on how to become your authentic self.

What I've learnt through therapy is that learning how to socialise "better" could mean I'd be masking more for other peoples benefit and not my own. So it's more, how do I unmask with my "safe" people and have them meet me in the middle.