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Am I @actuallyautistic ? I don't know. I've never considered it until I started reading some of the posts here. I know almost nothing about autism.
I've called myself "socially awkward", and "introvert". Other people have called me "unaware", "difficult", "intense", "hyper-focused".
People often confuse me, I have no idea why they do what they do. I'm good with animals. Animals don't conceal, or evade, or lie. I'm good with machines. They work or they don't.
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic Learning about autism is the entire purpose of this group and you are more than welcome to lurk, or take part in conversations, whatever you feel comfortable doing 🙂
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic I'm fairly new here but can say it is a very welcoming, helpful and inclusive community so join in or lurk as you wish.
It does sound like you belong. There's plenty to read online, also books etc, as well as here.
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic
By all means lurk, who doesn't like a good lurk, join in, ask questions, feel free to be yourself. Just remember that not all you learn about being autistic will apply, or fit and that it shouldn't and doesn't, because we're still all individuals.
Based off the first toot, there is a very good chance. Keep reading things and stuff by autistics. You can also try filling out online questionnaires and see how you score on those.
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Many of the posts here have mentioned things that ring with me.
Does anyone mind if I lurk, read, and learn more?
And sorry for the two posts, my instance has a small character limit per post.