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Thanks shrox, interesting observations!
At the same time I hope no one misunderstands this as racism. I'm sure it's like one of those things - people from a certain geographical region having similarities, and other things like that.

I was actually wondering some time back, whether there are aspies whose autistic obsessions include travelling. It seemed unlikely but not impossible. I understand that travelling is not your *obsession*, I only mentioned this thing that occurred to me. It is nice that you like travelling, but it's a pity that you don't like sand. After all, you live in California !

India has near zero autism awareness. Of late there a some signs of awareness spreading. In terms of living in India or within the Indian culture, there are multiple issues. I don't know many Indian aspies, I haven't met anyone personally (atleast not anyone who knows about it). I can only speak of my own experience.
India is a very noisy country, so sensory overload is a major problem. Indian culture is not very accommodative of differences or individualism. So people (even well-meaning ones) force you to behave in a certain way, not because there's any benefit, just because everyone else does.
The bright side is that Indians are very warm and (I don't know what word to use) 'inclusive' people. They'll ask you to join them in their celebrations or social gatherings, and even if you refuse coldly, they keep insisting. It is very touching. Secondly, India does not have the bullying issue so much. There are instances, but compared to the west, people will usually not be cold and indifferent to those who are different.
It is strange, but they'll not let you be different, and at the same time they'll include you and force you to fit in, but nicely and with warmth. Hmmm ... I guess Indian culture is bit strange .
These are the major aspects in a nutshell, of course there's much more to it than what I've written.

Cailforina has only sand at beaches. Thank goodness I don't live near a beach. Cailforina is ok I whould prefer to live in new York were most of west Indian guyananess are.

That a good sign some awareness is spreading even in Guyana from what grandma says Guyana still has no awareness. You chould help with the awareness in India. It won't be
easy. But trying small thing like wearing a autism awareness pin or something like finding an organizing, an expert in the autism field or making a website or blog about living with autism
in india, it might gain following from other families with someone who might have autism
looking for answers or bring those awesome people on the spectrum too who are wanting
to know if there are others like them.

For the sensory overload do you have do have to work round life in order to function with the different noise levels in different parts of the day.? Hmm that's interesting almost sounds like the military were you have to show no individualism. I know what you mean about being very warm even people who are part of my uncles family who never met me were really nice to me and if was in shop owned by Indians they whould be really helpful to me or. If eat Indian food out somewhere I always seem get. More food. Then my friends ,
I don't if It was becouse I look Indian. Even though am mix and more black but people tend to say I look more Indian. so they pretty much helping someone who might share their own culture but I say they are pretty nice but they seem a little quiet to non Indians in the west so maybe Indians living in the west act little different then those living in south Asia as most people try to act the same there or like you like you said the non liking of individualism as
west tends to be loving individualism. You are right about western cultures being almost
Being indifferent to those different. But at same time west celebrate patriotism and america has its melting pot. but let's people in same culture bully those who are different. Every ones culture has a bad and good . I almost want to return to my
dad culture which is muti cultural too like Americans but less indifferent too but however i yarn to not to have too much individualism as I get. In US culture which I got that all my life becouse America seem to like the idea of individualism it get tiring after while. I almost want share the same aspects with like people from my own west Indin guyanese culture maybe part be of it and marry someone from the same culture I tend to like west indian guys with a east Indian
Heritage. It must be from having family members who have this heritage line.
These same ideas of similar is the same thing being on the spectrum something we all have in common as it makes us part of the autism community

I'm a partially albino half ginger, AKA a pale-skinned strawberry blonde of mostly German and Irish heritage.

Thanks for voting

I have moved the conversation to the India thread. People there might find it useful.

Technically according to this I'm brown (Indian and Iranian) and also multiracial (also black and white)

Born in Israel (thus middle-eatern), descended from Morrocan/Romanian origins.

Umm.. how exactly, can you explain a bit?

Extreme !

My mom's side of the family were Indian, moved to Iran, and then moved to Sicily, so there's some white mixed in. My dad's white also and part black (He's the reason why I have Asperger's, his side of the family is FULL of Aspies)

My mom's white and my dad's half back hispanic & half white hispanic. My mom's got pale skin while my dad's pretty dark. What did they produce? A little blue-eyed white girl with an afro if there's no hair products to be found (me -___-) and a little hazel-eyed dark girl with wavy, almost straight, hair(my little sister). We're full sisters. How does that work out?!?! 0.o

European French and Scottish female with auburn hair and green eyes.

Wow I never thought of asking about hair and eyes in this thread!! This is awesome. Girls are awesome. While guys are fighting over what is racism and what is not, girls come up with such precious stuff!

Human

I'm white. Half Italian and the other half is Irish, Scottish and Cherokee.

Husband is Irish, Scottish, English and Cherokee.

Almost everybody from Alabama has Indian in them, mainly Cherokee. When I lived in the city, my best friend was half black and half Cherokee, but she called herself black and so did everybody else. She had black hair and was dark like black people, but her features were all Cherokee. I have met some people here who were park Choctaw (like my kids high school mascot "The Chocktaws") and some who were part Creek, but mostly we are Cherokee down here. You can really see it in my mother, her grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee.