How to help your autistic friends
- Don’t make autistic screeching or “this thing is autistic” jokes ever.
- Don’t assume our interests. Not all autistics are into minecraft and trains.
- We are not Sheldon Cooper
- Don’t make fun of us for stimming. We see you roll your eyes too.
- Don’t get your information from autism speaks.
- Don’t use the puzzle piece to support us.
- Don’t make fun of our special interests.
- If we ask for you to explain a joke, don’t laugh at us.
- We don’t always understand sarcasm. Please be patient.
- Social queues are tricky. Don’t make fun if us for getting it wrong, and if we upset you please just let us know because we won’t.
- Instead of blue to support us, use red.
- We can make strange sounds. Don’t mock them.
- Contrary to popular belief, there are physical symptoms. Don’t call us gross for them (bad digestion and drooling mainly)
- Crowd’s are evil.
- Don’t doubt us.
- Burnout is a real thing. Talking to people constantly or too many people can be incredibly tiring. It doesn’t mean we hate you or are bored of you we just.. get tired.
Feel free to add any
Dont mock us for our coping mechanism (pacing is an example)
Autism isn’t caused by vaccines and it can’t be “cured”
Now…I might have Aspurger’s…and I do the pacing thing alot along with most of the things on the list…I always feel bad if I just can’t talk with my friends for a while…and now it makes perfect sense
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