Fireblossom wrote:
TUF wrote:
Yeah regularly cleaning is important and important for health, just some people struggle with it and one of the reasons people can struggle with it is autism.
What I do these days is just do it when I need to - which I think is the way an NT would. What I used to do when I was more routine bound was actually build it into my routine. But some people, if they're very routine based and forget to put need for hygiene in there, can end up unhealthy and unhygienic and yes that's unattractive.
Yeah I used to be one of the people who struggled with it, still do to some extent, so I kind of get it, but I also think that it's wrong for such people to get mad if others don't want to be near them.
I only don't shower because of sensory things and because I'm being pedantic. I bath regularly.
OP asked 'are autistic people less attractive' - that's an eg of how
some autistic people are less attractive. Nothing to do with innately and in nature we'd all be like that but in every day life that's probably part of it.
Basically we're as attractive as anyone else but it bothers us less to 'try' to be attractive. Unless that's someone's specialist interest, of course, then they probably try more than anyone else.