Disclosing diagnosis to friends?

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After 6 months i have found a group of people that i eat lunch with, one of whom i am very comfortable with, the other three i am still getting used to, but i am not especially uncomfortable with them.

I am not planning to disclose my diagnosis now, maybe later but i am wondering what would be a good way to do it, when/if i decide to do it.

I would disclose it before a situation where i wouldn't be able to handle certain things, such as very loud noises or other sensory suff, or a meltdown caused by sensory issues.

PS. Everyone in the group is 16 or 17 years old (in the same grade as me), all group members are female (as am i).

Hi teksla. I never disclosed my own disability (AS) my peers in the 16-17 year old age group but I did do it a sometimes in college. It's cool to hear that you have a group of friends that you are comfortable enough to consider talking about your disability with.

I have disclosed it in a couple of manners. One is to wait for a relevant conversation and, if the opportunity arises, just mention it. If your friends want to talk about it more you can continue the conversation in that direction as much as you feel comfortable. On occasion, I have also told people directly that I felt really close to. I waited until we were alone and had a private conversation about it.

I wish you the best with discussing your with your friends when you are ready and hope it goes well.

I disclosed to the two very close friends who provided information for my assessment. Some months later I disclosed within a close knit group containing one of those friends and whrer two others who are on similar parts of the spectrum.

An opportunity arose in the workplace this week, with a fellow engineer. We go back 20 years now. Conversation was around some difficult working relations with a mutual colleague. My friend paid me a compliment on the ways I dealt with things in that area. I explained I was a bit aurist c and as those areas are not intuitive I tended to do a lot of explicit working out in a journal and preparation which I had found could crack those sort of problems.

I only disclosed my diagnosis to my very best friends and my teachers. If somebody you know asks why a certain noise or something bothers you then tell them. Some NTs are very understanding about this type of thing, but you might come across an edgelord who will make fun of you for having asd. They are just jealous that they aren't special

I can agree with this. The only person at my university who knows about my AS (unless someone else knows without me having even told them, which would be a surprise) is my study advisor. I haven't even told any of my colleagues about it, regardless of how close I am to them.