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OK cool. My list of topics is
Something about Autism combined with depression and anxiety
Maybe something about masking
Something either about special interests or needing time alone
Not sure what I could say about the last one.

All of those are great topics. My vote would likely be on "Something about Autism combined with depression and anxiety"

OK I'll start working on something like that. What format do you want it in?

Either directly as an email, or as a google doc that you give me access to.

Alright. Any suggestions in terms of word count or is it up to me?

up to you, but I suggest no more than three pages and no less than half a page

Even in a "perfect" world, we should still learn how to be assertive without being aggressive, and how to gracefully give and receive constructive criticism. (These are skills essential to effective teamwork, and they are skills that even many NT's have not learned.) Also, even in a "perfect" world, we would still need to attend to hygiene, for the sake of our fellow autistic and autistic-like people (some of whom have heightened sense of smell) as well as for the sake of NT's.

However, we would NOT be pressured to make eye contact, or to engage in unfocused chit chat. Offices would be designed to allow for more privacy, less noise, and variable lighting (with all fluorescent lights replaced by LED lights). We also would not be pressured to wear uncomfortable clothes.


Touching, including hugs, should be done only after asking if it's okay. Many autistic and autistic-like people are ticklish or otherwise touch-sensitive.

Many autistic and autistic-like people have trouble with unfocused chit chat, especially in a group. I personally, for example, need something to focus on in a conversation. The focus can be either a topic or a person. So I can engage in small talk with just one person at a time, OR I can engage in focused, in-depth discussion of specific topics with either one or more people, but I can't do small talk with more than one person at once.

If one wants to host a party that includes autistic people, it would be best to have the party revolve around some structured activity, such as board games or card games, rather than just chit chat. The activity should be something that everyone invited to the party is known to enjoy. Also, don't play loud music.


Why on Earth a lot of people like to play loud music at parties.

How most people make social connections. (For me, friendships develop slowly via in-depth conversations on topics of common interest. When I was younger, a friend of mine observed that I need to connect with people on an intellectual level before I can connect on other levels. She thought this was odd but okay.) I've been told that, for most NT's, making social connections involves mostly nonverbal communication. For me this is largely impossible, and to me it seems very strange.

I'll probably think of other issues later.

Or perhaps we could use this thread to brainstorm articles on various topics, which you or someone else could then write, giving credit to people whose posts here were helpful? That's what I assumed you wanted to do. (See my contributions, to that end, in my post above.)

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I would also like that, and have considered it several times, but I really do want some guest authors.

Well I just finished with my first draft. Anyone want to take a look at it? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HQk ... sp=sharing

Hi everyone:

Just put this together right now in my free time. Feel free to get a look and make comments either on the article itself, or come back here to do it.

LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWO ... sp=sharing

Loved the article and learned more about myself. Thanks

Really? I thought that it kinda sucked and rambled a lot. But thanks for that! Mind giving any feedback?

I’ve got none to give st the moment but if something comes up I’ll let you know

OK cool. Looking at your's, I saw a number of good ideas I adapted for mine. Like an "about the author" section, labeling the version number and you know, increasing the size of the title and bolding it.

Looking good!