Group Setting - Coversations

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As you may or may not know,
My ASD diagnosis comes with social anxiety and that hinders my ability to have conversations. One on one I’m okay with but it’s two or more people that I struggle with. This is especially apparent at more formal gatherings where I’m pretty much the only one not talking to anyone because I’m too afraid of rejection and I don’t want to appear unwanted by randomly
Showing up and interrupting conversations. Any solutions?

Don't be random. As you listen to a conversation, various related facts will pop out of your memory as you integrate the information. If you feel that the discussion would be clarified by your facts, try to compose a sentence to introduce them. It may be sufficient to just get started on that, and finish the composition as you speak, in order to get in before the topic has moved on. Many times, there is no opening, and you have to start over with a new topic. If you interrupt, try to do it as someone is finishing a thought, and is just tidying up, or before they have gotten well into a paragraph you consider redundant.