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I'm attending a funeral this upcoming weekend, and I'm going to be surrounded by family all the time--you know, they type that likes to spend all their time together and know everything about what everyone else is doing. Probably about 40 or 50 people altogether. Saturday consists of a buffet breakfast, followed by an interment ceremony, then a memorial service, then buffet lunch, then more socializing in the afternoon, plus a more formal dinner with more family. I'm exhausted just writing it out! Got any suggestions for how to deal? I'm thinking about taking mini-breaks for brief periods, just so I can have alone time to recuperate, but don't know how I'll be able to get away.

If I were you, I would:

Schedule your optimum duration for each event (and the overall duration, too). This will mean telling your family that you can attend breakfast for X minutes, but not the entire event; attend the whole interment; attend the memorial for X minutes, but not the entire event; skip the socializing; and attend as much of the first part of the dinner as you can handle after all the other events have exhausted you.

Adjust this suggestion to suit your needs, of course.

Does your family know about and appreciate your ASDs, and the need to recharge to avoid overload?