FYI... Autistic people tend to think in complexities.

Someone can ask us to do something seemingly straightforward, but our brains will often make it into something extremely complex and nuanced.

We ask questions to untangle our thoughts.

So, I wrote this a while ago, but I recently stumbled upon a research study that I think could explain why we do this... and I think some of you will find it interesting...

Autistic people often struggle with decision-making, and I want to talk about why... because discovering the research behind this blew my mind…

3 reasons autistic people struggle with open-ended questions

Reason #1

About half of autistic people have alexithymia... which is the inability to verbally express emotions or feelings.