Well everyone’s comments so far are spot on, I only have to add this. We are not a bunch of charity cases to be pitied and fixed. To often people treat us like we’ve climbed Mount Everest just because “I’m autistic and I learned to drive” or “I’m autistic and graduated highschool”. I know this has been mentioned before on WP but I’ll say it anyway, every time you hear that someone is dating an autistic person, the first thing that pops in your head shouldn’t be ‘oh you’re so selfless and generous’. We are still people each with our own limitations just like you, just because we don’t have the usual set limitations, doesn’t mean that we aren’t capable of doing anything. However, at the same time it needs to be made clear that autism is a real thing and not just some name they put on bad kids who didn’t behave.
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Diagnosed: High Functioning ASD 2013
Misdiagnosed (extremely likely): Bipolar II 2012
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Please understand that everything I write should be read with a grain of salt because I frequently adjust my views based on new information (just read a description of INTP that should explain better than I)