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MagicMeerkat
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21 Sep 2011, 1:45 pm

All the other autistic people I have known and those who possibly may have been autistic just annoyed me. I never really talk to anyone IRL anymore but my two closest friends on Deviant Art both have AS. BUT they also both have Sonic obsessions. Shared intrests have always been how I found my friendships. I secerely think A LOT of people in the Sonic fandom could be potental AS. Espicaly these fan brat Sonamy shippers. Maybe it's because I'm one of them and there is more evidence to support the Sonally pairing, but it seems like the Sonally shippers are more down to earth than the Sonamy shippers.

Anyway, my mom used to go to a support group for parents of autistic kids and sometimes they would have picnics and stuff and she and my dad would drag me along. People would find out I was also autistic and think I was just dying to meet their autistic kid. I HATED it when that happened. It's like when people automaticly think their kids are going to be BFFS right on the spot just becuase they are the same age and gender. The only friendships I've ever had, that were not HIGHLY faliciated via teacher or parent with another girl who was an absolute pushover, were always based on shared intrests.


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28 Sep 2011, 3:50 am

Wayne wrote:
I like conversations. Some people on the spectrum don't do conversations, or at least don't seem to do them with me, so I'm not all that interested in spending time with them. Others do conversations - some of them brilliantly - and I love spending time with them.


Spectrum conversations can be fun. But yeah, if they seem too apprehensive or unable, or they don't even wanna try, it gets boring quick.

Wayne wrote:
NTs of course do conversations like crazy, but mostly with each other. I would guess that I just can't play on their level, much like some spectrumites don't seem to play on my level.


If feel the exact same way! But it's also because I find NT conversations mostly boring. They get weirded out way too easily if you ask me. You have to keep it so superficial and plain it doesn't even feel like a conversation sometimes.



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28 Sep 2011, 4:22 am

I know aspies I get along with and ones I don't. I find it easier to get along with geeks and people who aren't afraid to be weird, whether or not they are aspies. If you choose an aspie at random and an NT at random, I am more likely to get along with the aspie, but that's only probabilistic.