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What is the likelihood that a male autistic will find a girl that likes him for who he is? This worries me.

I think that you have to worry about yourself first, and when you start working on your faults, the girls will follow. And everyone has to do this, not just Aspies or Autisitics. We just have more of them most of the time.

I think this is a question with way too many variables for anyone to answer in any kind of useful way. I suspect if people try to answer, you will get either bitter negatives that there's no chance, from people who've been hurt in the past. Or, people who want to be constructive will try to tell you how to improve your chances, but won't actually be able to answer you exact question.

Based on the information given, 50-50.

You either do or you don't, the ratio of men and women is roughly 1:1, et c.

I am also a male facing the same problem. I feel your pain. I personally feel that an autistic or asperger cannot have that kind of deep emotional with a neurotypical. Which put the odds heavily against me. Significantly less that 1% of the population is autistic, and of that small amount only a fourth of us are female. I've basically excepted I'll never find someone.

I suspect that there is a very good chance that you will find many who like you. I think the thing you need to consider is that you might not recognize that they like you.

There were a number of incidents where I discovered too late that a woman was attracted to me and was flirting with me. It was my negative self image that made me assume that they didn't like me despite their strangely flirtatious behavior.

When I saw flirtatious behavior, I didn't know what to do so I backed away from these women. I think if I had just behaved in a friendly, but calm manner, I might have been able to form a closer, better relationship. Knowing myself, I doubt I would have made any further moves, but things could have been easier.

I'm not particularly qualified to give advice on this subject but I'll do so nevertheless. Assume that if people don't appear to actively dislike you, they probably have a positive attitude toward you. Be friendly without going overboard. Don't pretend to be anyone other than yourself - unless you are an awfully good actor, you probably won't pull it off. Be honest, but tactful. In short, be a good, decent person. This isn't going to appeal to every woman you run into, but it will appeal to a large percentage.

You have probably already encountered women who like you. Generally they will not admit it openly because they want to hear that you like them a little too. If you get a bit of friendliness, give a little back and you may discover that something can grow out of that.

Good luck,

Lars

Furthermore, AS expresses itself in many different ways, and to different degrees with different symptoms. Some peoples thought processes may be very different - others might be only subtly different.