Please read (and maybe reply) if you have an NT friend!

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I eventually tell everyone I know... it just takes longer I suppose. I was dx'd at 12, but my parents didn't want to tell me because they were worried about how people would treat me. Even to this day my mom refuses to adnowledge she knows I have it, she just tells me I'm 'eccentric'. And she refuses to have my brother tested, and he's DEFINITLY on the spectrum.

I told one of my old bosses about 5 months after working there, and all she said was, 'oh, that explains so much.' Apparently they covered it in sensitivity training at her old job or something like that. I try not to tell bosses, I don't want them hearing, 'it's a form of autism' and firing me thinking I'm off my nut.

My ex never bothered to try and figure out what autism really was, so he never got why I get the way I do. New BF knew lots of spectrum kids though, cause he was in SpEd in school, so that works for me. And my last job, I never told them I had AS, but my boss knew right away cause his older bro is autistic. SO when I had a meltdown, he just showed me a game and walked off so I could play the whole shift away! *need more people like that*

Usually when I tell people, and explain the symptoms and such, they understand more, and they get curious and ask questions. I do have one friend though who no matter how hard I try keeps buying into that whole vaccine BS. Shes so scared of getting her kids shots... I don't get it. And she doesn't think I'm autistic cause I never got shots until I was about 6, but whatev. Most of my friends are cool with it, only one who thinks I'm nuts.

I've told a grand total of 4 people, maybe. Best friend, her sister, their mom and another friend. To them it explained my past oddities and helped them help me out a bit as I can't read people for jack and I don't pick up on hints very well so I asked my best friend to make it known when I don't take any hints she gives me.

I wouldn't dare tell anyone that I think would treat me differently afterwards such as my boss. My job already treats me as overflow for any jobs that come in (work for a computer place) that I don't need them treating me differently than any other employee. Although it would be nice to use whatever federal/state laws are on the books to my advantage if there are any.

Have them read the Autism books.

Tell them you're a little absent minded.

Say you have a mild learning disorder.

Say you had a rough childhood.

Good luck to you.

I [used to] have an NT friend.

We had been friends since we were 4 years old. She put up with me when I got mad at her for no apparent reason...she put up with me when I didn't feel like going out...she put up with the fact that I didn't like things that "most children" do.
When I got my diagnosis and told her though, her reaction towards me totally changed. She started to visit me less and eventually we lost contact altogether.

i have a few nt friends. they know i have aspergers and ask quetions about it and are intetested in it. i think its good thy know.

xx