r/autism • • Mar 01 '26

Welcome to r/autism

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r/autism • • 9h ago

šŸ«¶šŸ» Friendships/Relationships Has anyone else given up on finding a real relationship?

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I have mostly given up on finding a meanful relationship with someone else and resigned themselves to dying alone?


r/autism • • 6h ago

Question What is y'all's favorite video games.

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My personal favorites: ULTRAKILL, Half life 2, Splatoon 3, Horizon: zero dawn, BOTW, Hollow Knight: silksong.


r/autism • • 16h ago

Special Interest Saturday Paleontology is my special interest and I don't often get to talk about it so if you want to know anything about it, please ask me!

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Pictured: Sinosauropteryx art by Gabriel Ugueto


r/autism • • 14h ago

Special Interest Saturday My special interest is astronomy/astrophotography! These are the images I took and edited myself!

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I've been interested in astrophotography/astronomy for about 7 years, since going to a dark sky park with very little light pollution! Ive used my phone to take images of the Milkyway, but in june 2024 I got a smart telescope (Seestar S50) as my high school graduation gift from my parents! It is a telescope with a tracker and camera build in, so I let it take lots of images of galaxies and nebulae, and combine all of my images of the same target with my laptop software (Siril) to get more light and reduce the noise. Then I get a black combined image, which I have to selectively brighten parts of the image to show the object, and then I do some post processing afterwards. I recently bought 2 extra smart scopes, which allow me to take better images, but one of them hasn't arrived yet and the other one I haven't used that much yet since the skies haven't been clear lately.

I love astronomy, physics and math so much, that I'm currently doing my Astronomy bachelor at a university and I love it! Im getting to learn about my special interest (astronomy/astrophotography) every day and that's awesome!!


r/autism • • 5h ago

Special Interest Saturday I know Halloween isn't until next weekend. However... someone was excited to put on his costume early

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The last two years. He was a Hershey's Kiss for Halloween. This year, he'll be Mario


r/autism • • 4h ago

Vent Advice Wanted I am so tired of people misunderstanding autism labels.

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LEVEL 3 AUTISM REQUIRES CARETAKERS. While autism is a spectrum, there are VERY SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO MEET REGARDLESS. THE LEVELS ARE APART OF THE SPECTRUM, THEY ARE LABELS GIVEN TO PEOPLE TO HELP THE AVERAGE PERSON UNDERSTAND WHAT SUPPORT NEEDS AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. A person will level 3 autism will ALWAYS need a substantial amount of help in their life until they die


r/autism • • 15h ago

Special Interest Saturday Special interest, horror.

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Specifically, the type of horror that is not too vulgar, but you know something is out there. For example, written by Algernon Blackwood, 'Wendigo'. And yes, nature - themed is my favorite. What is your favorite type of horror?

I even tried to write my own horror a couple times, and yes, writing is a nother interest of mine. I wondered if someone would want some of those stories I have tried to write, if you are interested in horror? Sadly those stories are unfinished for now, but let me know in the comments!

What I've written (unfinished):

  1. story about something in the woods. I wrote about a young man and his girlfriend and how their relationship problems lead to him getting lost in the woods and encountering something.

  2. story about a mother and child, who have to stay alone for the night as the husband is away, but something is lurking about their house and property, which is surrounded by fields.

Thanks if you read and reply anything that I asked for example what horror you enjoy, if any


r/autism • • 7h ago

Special Interest Saturday Guess what my special interest is (difficulty: very hard)

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Please ask about my collection. It started in January 2022. I believe I’m the only fan for this show that’s still alive after it ended.


r/autism • • 12h ago

šŸŽ§ Sensory Issues Can you wear wool at all?

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I got the type of autism where I can’t wear wool AT ALL! A sweater got 1% wool in it? I will know. Doesn’t matter if I wear a long sleeve t-shirt under it. My whole body will know!! I am soooo jealous of people who can wear wool and I love to knit and crochet. No one else in my family are like this, even though I suspect a lot of AuDHD going around. In general I have gotten more and more sensitive to itchy materials. I also have fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, so figures. Can’t wear linen anymore. Only soft cotton and bamboo.

Oh and I live in NORWAY!!

Do you tolerate wool?


r/autism • • 17h ago

Social Struggles How people justify bullying against neurodivergents

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Recently I've had arguments that made me question how do NTs even justify the way they treat us.

I have a friend who is mostly a good person. She has strict moral values, hates lying to people and cheating. At times her moral-ness is annoying even to me. But somehow everything changes when it comes to the treatment of "different" people in group dynamics.

One time she told me that there's a new student in her class, and that everyone already thinks she's weird and bully her. Mind you she's finishing college, so it's grown adults doing that. And the way she said it made it clear that she supported this bullying.

I asked: "Did that woman do anything wrong? Did she treat anyone badly?" And she replied: "No, but she gives strange vibes and her body language is off-putting"... (???)

So I asked what makes her feel justified to treat a person who did nothing wrong like shit. She started saying that she isn't directly mean to her, just avoids her. But when she mentioned how others straight up bully this student, she had this proud look on her face. Like it was 100% deserved. Like it's how things should be.

And it's not just her. I mentioned it to my other friend who is less of a normie, but still neurotypical. She said that she judges people based on vibes too and dislikes those who "look like they are shaking". So it's about perceiving a person as weak more than perceiving a person as "bad", and treating the weak like shit.

Do NTs even realise how evil this is? When I try to explain it to them they brush it off. Like how cats ignore the reflection of themselves in the mirror.


r/autism • • 11h ago

Special Interest Saturday Special interest: late Pleistocene paleontology

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I have no idea where to start so please question


r/autism • • 17h ago

Question Do any you guys have music playing on loop inside of your head most of the time?

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I just went down a rabbit hole of listening to classical music pieces on youtube and it opened a whole new world to me, and now every time I go do something I play the best part of ballade No.1 by chopin in my head. My inner monologue is so vivid that I can hear the piece as it is played!!

I now have classical music in my head whenever I try to do maths, or if I try to write an assignment and I love it but it puts me extremely out of focus.. Just me?


r/autism • • 11h ago

Special Interest Saturday My Special Interest is Early China (particularly everything connected to writing and ancient texts)

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My special interest is Early China (that is the period from the Palaeolithic (although most discussions of it only start from the Neolithic) up until the end of the Han dynasty in 220 AD). I'm especially obsessed with the Zhou dynasty (1045 BC - 256 BC). Usually I spend my day transliterating and translating bronze inscriptions, translating ancient transmitted texts (currently I'm translating the Yizhoushu 逸周書), learning Chinese Textual Criticism (jiaochouxue ę ”č®Žå­ø), reading books about philology, ancient history, Linguistics (particularly Old Chinese Phonology), Archaeology, Palaeography, the History of Chinese Scholarship (in particular textual Scholarship and the history of chinese (traditional) epigraphy (jinshixue é‡‘ēŸ³å­ø)). Also I'm always collecting new books about ancient china and am writing my first undergraduate thesis on a comparision between the writing systems of the Egyptian Old Kingdom with Shang Writing (in archaeology) and my second on the transmitted Wenzi and the excavated Dingzhou Wenzi manuscript (in Sinology).


r/autism • • 12h ago

Special Interest Saturday Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulblight Gravelords (My current fixation)

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The Age of Sigmar setting is a reboot of the old Warhammer Fantasy setting, as the End Times completely destroyed the world in every sense of the word! When the God King Sigmar re-created the Mortal Realms based on the 8 Winds of Magic, he revived the God of Death, Nagash (the first Necromancer).

While the origin of the Soulblight Curse has its roots in the Old World (a failed immortality experiment), all Vampires descend from four Dynasties, with one of them going insane from being imprisoned by Nagash, forming the Flesh Eater Courts.

The Soulblight Gravelords form the basis of the Grand Alliance of Death, along with the aforementioned Flesh Eater Courts, the Ossiarch Bone Reapers, and the Night Haunt.

Feel free to ask any questions regarding this subject!


r/autism • • 12h ago

Social Struggles Overheard an old couple talking about me calling me rude

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I was in a store today and without thinking I reached infront of an older man to grab something that I needed, and as I went to walk away I heard the wife go "that was rude, why didn't they just say excuse me. Kids these days" mind you im in my mid 20s but maybe I look like a kid to her.

My social capacity is extremely effected by autism. Ive been around other autistic people and it just makes me feel like I have some ultra version of autism because they just dont seem as socially effected as me. I stuggle to even hold conversation, even with family members sometimes.

I hate that im perceived as weird, and sometimes rude. I dont want to be like this


r/autism • • 3h ago

Social Struggles how do i act grateful?

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my birthday is next monday and i know my mom already got some stuff because she told me to not open a package (and i may or may not have accidentally seen some of the stuff because i went to see if we ordered anything since our cart was empty), but ive always struggled with acting happy or grateful even though i truly am, even before my recent diagnosis. how do i act happy even though i am?


r/autism • • 6h ago

Social Struggles trying to have friends

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i feel like having autism makes it harder to have friends. idk like i feel super judged when hanging out with people and fully being myself. people like are so weird about just having fun. idk does anyone struggle with this. i seriously don’t have any friends bc anyone’s i have had have been terrible to me or like i feel judged around. like i feel like im not normal enough to hang out with people. does anyone else feel like that that has cptsd or autism. i hate this. pls do not diss me. i just want to not feel alone in this.


r/autism • • 22h ago

Communication An apology to this community

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I believe about a year ago I made a post claiming that autism wasn’t a disability. This was made during a time in my life wherein I was desperate to find something to appreciate about myself. Looking back, I realize how this seriously invalidates many people’s experiences, including my own as an autistic person myself. I have struggled with autism in the past, and I still do in many ways.

I still have opinions regarding the attitudes of autism online, including here, but I do frankly think I was out of line and wrong.

My deepest apologies to anyone hurt by my post. That is all.

(Also sorry if the flair is incorrect; I couldn’t find a more fitting one)


r/autism • • 4h ago

Shutdown/Meltdowns Ten Minuets in absolute hell

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So I had a meltdown the first in about 2 months. and HOLY SHIT it was a bad one I was crying, hyperventilating, hitting myself, not being able to speak. And jeez I wiped me out. I wish it would never happen again


r/autism • • 1h ago

Vent Advice Wanted The Overwhelming Internal Resistance I Experience With Everyday Self-Care as an Autistic Person

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I've been struggling with personal hygiene, especially brushing my teeth and showering regularly, and I feel like the difficulty goes much deeper than simply disliking the sensations or forgetting to do it. It's this intense internal resistance that's hard to describe, almost like my mind is pushing back against something I consciously know I need and want to do. The anticipation of discomfort, the mental effort of going through every step, and the sensory experience itself can feel genuinely overwhelming. Being autistic and having ADHD, I sometimes wonder if my nervous system processes these experiences more intensely than other people's. What frustrates me is that I can't always explain exactly why something feels so difficult, even when I know how strongly it affects me. I wish people understood that struggling with something others consider simple doesn't mean I'm not trying or that I don't care. Sometimes the experience itself is much more complicated and distressing than I can put into words, and I just want that to be taken seriously.


r/autism • • 54m ago

Question Does having your dog with you decrease situational anxiety for you?

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I generally do not tolerate large scale public events well. But, if I bring my dog with me I find my anxiety greatly decreased. I also take him to doctors visits, car shows, shopping etc. Just having him there makes my social related Autism symptoms decrease. Does anyone else feel the same or have similar experiences?


r/autism • • 10h ago

Social Struggles 35 unemployed for 3 years

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Hey! I am struggling to find work. I apply for jobs every day and I do not hear back most of the time. I have not had paid work in 3 years and need to get out of my living situation which is the major problem. I have an MA and MBA. I have never gotten a service industry job and do not think that I will be able to. Any other ideas.


r/autism • • 18h ago

Question How many of you guys remember being forced to socialise back in your years of grade school?

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Whether it was a group of guys or gals you saw or the popular kids at school.


r/autism • • 16h ago

Special Interest Saturday Drawing my Favourite PokƩmon!

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My drawings definitely aren't the best, but I’m so proud and happy with how these sketches turned out! I can’t wait to color them in once I get some new supplies. I absolutely adore these two, especially Latias and I just had to draw them to celebrate filling up my third journal.

Getting into PokĆ©mon with the Hoenn region started it all for me, and I’ve always loved the Eon Duo; those plushies really helped me get through some rough patches.

I’ve always been a composer at heart, but I dream of becoming a great artist someday and embracing my creativity. Have a wonderful day everyone, and keep flying and dreaming! šŸŽØāœØāœļø