Exactly, because a lot of us try REALLY HARD to be kind and caring - we just can have a hard time with snap judgements involving kindness and caring because they can be confusing as heck.

*So* heartwarming. It also made me realize that I don’t have any autistic friends or people in my life, and that maybe I should actively seek out more communities than those that are like me.

I like using the waiter/bartender/barista’s name (in a non-creepy, non-flirty way). It’s another way to say, “You’re a human, I respect you, and thank you for your service.”

I was reading your comment and was getting ready to virtually high-five you and then read that you are autistic and now I want to be BFFs. I’m autistic too and the interactions that brighten my day the most are often with people in the service industry who enjoy what my boyfriend calls my “excessive politeness”. I…

Funny story. I once got super wasted (a rare occurrence for me) and when I got home around 3am, my husband was asleep in bed. I crawled in beside him and texted him to let him know I was home safe, which prompted his phone to ding. As he reached blearily for his phone I said, in complete earnestness, “who the fuck is…

Yes, exactly. Assuming the reviews are authentic, more reviews make for a more accurate score. A low sample size means large possible variance in either direction.

If my crippling lingering emotional problems give someone a good laugh 24 years after the fact, my abusive childhood wasn’t in vain.

Thank you for acknowledging that this can be an awesome tool for people with mental illnesses and other reasons beyond “lazy” that everyone inevitably jumps to.

And in my case it’s either ‘I can focus on something for a really long time’ or ‘I am having problems managing to focus and work for 10 minutes’ there’s no middle ground.

I came down to ask as well if this was also applicable for non-neurotypicals?