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I have recently been diagnosed with ASD. I wonder how would it be to have Autistic friends. Would we be able to connect more?

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Hi, 

I am Aisha, 23 years old. I am Autistic. Before that, I did not have an idea about it. I am curious to meet a person who is Autistic just as I am. I'm looking to learn and meet someone who can understand. Since I have always felt different around others. I wonder how it would feel not to feel too different.

Let me know what you think, did you get a chance to meet more Autistic people when you got diagnosed?

Thank you.

  • Hi my daughter is 23 years and just been diagnosed. She doesn’t go out much and I’ve just found this thread. 
    I will try to get her to join because it will help her I’m sure.

  • Hi my daughter is 23 years and just been diagnosed. She doesn’t go out much and I’ve just found this thread. 
    I will try to get her to join because it will help her I’m sure.

  • Hi my daughter is 23 years and just been diagnosed. She doesn’t go out much and I’ve just found this thread. 
    I will try to get her to join because it will help her I’m sure.

  • in reply to A

    I was pointed to a facebook page for a midlands meetup, and i expect there will be some in London.

  • in reply to Touay

    Yes, I mean both irl and online would be nice. But I am wondering where I can meet people in London.

  • Hi. welcome to the forum.  have you looked for irl autistic meetups in your area?

  • in reply to Sansa

    i mean neurodiverse people lol

  • Hey there! 

    I've been diagnosed with AHDH and am quite certain I have autism too. Like you, I've never felt like I could fit in the world, but since researching ASD in women, everything has begun to make sense in my life. 

    im 20 and turning 21, so would like to meet other neurotypicals. 

  • Hello and welcome ^^ 

    I've not met many autistic people since I was diagnosed, only really on here I've met people like me everyone else isn't on the spectrum though I suspect my sister was but she was gone before I had the chance to ask about that. Local clubs might be a place you can meet other autistic people or make at your local autistic society I've got one pretty close to me though I've never attended any meets.

    If you'd rather meet people online then this site is the perfect place. Everyone is like minded and nice here. I've received so much love and support here it's my fav place.

  • I haven't met a lot more autistic people since diagnosis. I did try going to autistic meet ups, but I often struggled to talk to people there too, which somehow seemed worse than not connecting with NTs. I do have a few non-autistic friends (and one who I suspect is autistic. He's currently pursuing a neurodivergence assessment). My friends tend to be quiet, thoughtful people, though, not loud extroverts. That matters to me more than NT/ND. My wife is probably autistic or AuDHD, although she hasn't been assessed, and that does feel more important that we're similar in that way.

  • Hello welcome, nice to meet you. I'm new here as well. I've always found social interaction difficult and as a result I've not one friend, nt or autistic. I have a cousin who also has autism and she has a lot of friends but goes to autism events and chat meetups so she's mixing with people who are like her and I think she's found it a positive experience. I suffer from anxiety and find going out really difficult but if I can get on top of that I will go out and try to meet people and make friends. Good luck. I hope you can make some friends and find some understanding. Such events may be a good starting point for you as well.

  • Hi :) nice to meet you! I was also diagnosed very recently (at age 25) and I actually realised that a lot of my friends are neurodivergent! I just hadn’t known before but when I mentioned to them that I was waiting to be assessed or that I had been diagnosed, i found out many of them are autistic too :). Not all of my friends are neurodivergent but most of them. There are a few special people that I know that socialising with just feels natural and not exhausting and I can spend much much more time with these friends- i think it’s because i can be more myself. I’ve not deliberately sought out autistic friends and i met all of these people before i knew i was autistic ( mostly at university) - when I get on particularly well with someone i meet now, i sometimes joke they must be autistic too because I seem to have managed to befriend a lot of other neurodivergent people :)- i actually have much more of a feeling now whether someone i meet could be autistic too.