You know you're autistic when...

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You don't want put a child out cause you don't want them to go through what you went though growing up .

you need something from your coworker and you want to go up to them and say, "Hey, I need that thing" and get right back to work. Instead you stop and think that's not how people interact here. I need to start with some small talk. So you have to plan it out. What do I know about my coworker? What have they been doing lately? Then you go up to them and give your rehearsed chit chat, uncomfortable the whole time and just waiting till you can get to your point and then calm down enough to do your work again.

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Your ears hurt when your boyfriend coughs because he has a loud cough, but you've got to pretend not to be bothered by it otherwise it will obviously offend him if you yell at him every time he coughs.

Your phobia of vomiting is so severe, that the last time you vomited you nearly called the ambulance because you just could not emotionally cope with having a stomach bug.

You're hypersensitive to hiccups, and if you do 1 hiccup you immediately hold your breath until you nearly pass out.

You are worryingly convinced that all stuffed animals have feelings.

a)
I put on a music CD today. I enjoyed the music for more than five hours before realizing "why hasn't this album finished yet?!" On closer inspection I discovered that I'd pushed a repeat button by mistake (I didn't even know I had a repeat button on the CD player!) Then I realized the CD had been repeating two songs for the entire five hours, over and over. I was oblivious to the fact I'd only heard two songs all day because they were enjoyable. I was singing along with the two songs out loud (for five hours, without noticing?) while enjoying my special interest.

b)
I used to drive a 12 hour round trip quite frequently, and I would only listen to one song for the entire drive. The song would vary from trip to trip, but I'd always get hooked on just one song for 12 hours. (I did know that I had a "repeat" function in the car...)

c)
I buy and collect multiple copies / editions of the same 4 - 5 books so I can read the different introductions and academic essays. I have ten to twelve of each of these novels. They're all I will read.

d)
My bedtime routine has more steps and requirements than Russian ballet choreography.

Some people's sneezes are so loud they bust my eardrums. I hate when people don't bother to muffle their sneezes.

Hiccups, if they begin to last too long, really begin to hurt. I feel as though my ribs are about to bust. It's also embarrassing in public when hiccups get out of control.

I completely agree with the 100 percent smarter/100 percent dumber comment, too. What is sad is that the things I'm smarter at are of no real consequence to anyone.

You often wonder what a really popular person's Facebook newsfeed looks like.

When you don't get the point to be on facebook.

When you were about 14, you asked your little sister to make prank calls where you advise her to say,*“I just glue on my knee, compounded it with ketchup, and put a toothpick in the middle..Do you think I should run?”

*Joke is nothing more than word salad with just a bit of structure - Thought vomit

^^^F5 refreshes the page.

...you seem to be completely unaffected by the uncanny valley.

...you have at least as much, if not more, sympathy/empathy for inhuman entities in movies/TV shows as you do for the humans.

...you have trouble even adjusting to your own new avatar