So, half of an autism diagnosis has to do with social communication differences. If you're not sure what that means and want to know more, this thread is for you. 😊

So, I'll start with how the DSM breaks these differences down. It lists 3 examples…

When you're autistic, your brain will literally refuse to take in information it doesn't deem useful. It's why so many of us struggle socially…

Let's talk about the autistic experience of managing to create friendships of convenience…

Autism and friendships. I was asked for a part 2, so here goes.

There’s a very specific autistic masking and friendship pipeline of a high masking autistic person that no one really talks about.

It goes like this…

I think the reason autistic people struggle with unwritten social “rules” is that those “rules” are never universally applied.

Because they are not actually rules, they’re more like standards that most people seem to align with... but not all... never all…