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Why an Autistic Person May Push for a Closer Friendship Right Away

By Jaime Heidel — 2020

Does your autistic loved one tend to overshare or overexplain? We don't mean to come off as desperate or creepy, we just connect differently.

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Friendships Pose Unique Challenges for Women on the Spectrum

Many autistic people have trouble making and keeping friends. This has led to the myth that they don’t want friends3. In reality, they long for friendships just like anyone else. But they face unique challenges in forming and maintaining them.

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Liz Pellicano
2017
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Autistic People Make Great Social Partners if You Actually Give Them a Chance

For many years, researchers have treated the individual traits and characteristics of autistic people as an enduring essence of their autism-- in isolation of the social context and without even asking autistic people what their social life is actually like. However, perspective matters.

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Scott Barry Kaufman
2020
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How to Make Friends As an Adult With ADHD, According to Our Readers

Learning how to make friends as a adult can be particularly difficult when you have ADHD. Readers share their real-world tips for striking up new friendships.

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ADDitude Editors
2021
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What Type of Friend Are You? How ADHD Influences Friendships

Whether you collect new friends easily or lean on a few, long-term friendships dating back to kindergarten, there’s no wrong way to build relationships. This is true especially for people with ADHD, who often report that their symptoms complicate, challenge, and color friendships.

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ADDitude Editors
2022
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The Challenge of Forming Female Friendships When You’re Autistic

Painful memories of childhood along with gendered social norms can make adult friendships more complicated for neurodiverse women.

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Marianne Eloise
2021
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ADHD and Relationships

If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.

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Hope Cristol
2021
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The Challenges Every Neurodiverse Woman Faces When Dating

Marianne Eloise knows what it is to be neurodiverse. Here, she unpacks the misconceptions that can make dating – and relationships – harder for autistic people

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Marianne Eloise
2021
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The Challenges of Neurodivergent Romantic Relationships

Forming relationships can be challenging when you have autism because you might not be the one to take the lead and engage with others.

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Delphine Martineau
2020
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Dating Is Awkward—Even Without Asperger’s

Filmmaker Evan Mead, who has Asperger’s, exposes struggles with dating and intimacy for people on the autism spectrum and runs events featuring speed dating and exploring facial expressions.

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Christopher Reynolds
2016
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The Top 5 Things People in Neurodiverse Couples Should Know

Romantic relationships are hard enough, but what if your partner is autistic?

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Sarah and Larry Nannery
2021
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