How are Aspies / peeps on the spectrum reacting to the pande

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(I hate painfully short subject character limits.)

How are they reacting to the pandemic differently from everybody else?

I used to have Asperger's. I got rediagnosed to Schizotypal Personality, but I still have some vestiges of my old disorder, or so I believe.

I am aspie true.
Me handle goodly.

What city is in your avatar?

Maybe its "Hutchinson Kansas". Where the OP's profile says he is from. Which is where my dad grew up. Though I don't recall seeing a scene like that in Hutchinson Kansas back when we used to visit the grandparents there.

We all get to do what aspies do best...which is stay at home and not socialize much. So it aint too bad for us.

I'm 53 and feel like many of the cultural changes are things I've been waiting my whole lifetime to experience: Physical distance, people leaving me alone, less noise pollution (mostly), people being more authentic on social media (quarantine hair, everything DIY). I don't like the reason behind it (the pandemic), but I finally feel like the world is being forced to adapt to my pace and style, rather than the other way around.

(That said, I live in a region with a very low per-capita case rate. If I were in a hotspot, I might feel differently.)

I'm adjusting very well. The social distancing is good. I don't have to worry about people getting into my personal space.

Less traffic, less noise, less pollution, people not getting in your face, strict concrete rules.


One of the most oft-asked questions on wrong planet is what an all autistic society would look like. Well

Its been a month since I've gone out for groceries. I have at least a couple more weeks of food in my pantry before I need to get some more.

But, all this time at home seems to have affected my cat. He needs to sit in my lap several times a day! He just jumped on my lap as I was typing this for the 2nd time in an hour.

I have been organizing my food pantry this week. Never realized that I bought so many canned vegetables in the past year, almost four cases worth. Anytime I find them on sale cheap, I tend to pick up a few cans. I have two cases of stewed tomatoes, so I am good for a while there. There were also three cases of canned soups + many packets of dried soups in there as well. It did cause me to change my shopping list for the next few weeks, so that I eat down my supply a bit more. Cleaning keeps me preoccupied from fretting about the future. I should have my spring cleaning done by the end of the month.