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Friendship & relationship challenges

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Aspie Tips on Making Friends: A Simple Strategy for How to Make New Friends

Trying to make friends can be socially awkward. In this video I share a couple of tips I've learned to make the process significantly easier.

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2021
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Loving Your Friend Through Cancer: Moving Beyond “I’m Sorry” to Meaningful Support

“It’s cancer.” When you hear the two words you dread most from someone you care about, you know at once that your friend’s life has been turned upside down. Whether she’s a good friend, a best friend, or just an acquaintance, you want to be supportive.

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Marissa Henley
2025
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I Was Ghosted By My Friends When I Got Cancer

You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.

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Sarah Graham
2020
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Autism and Relationships Part 1: Friendships | AUTISM IN GIRLS

In this week's episode of Autistically Me, I talk about YOUR voted on topic: Autism and Relationships! Since I didn't know if you wanted me to talk about relationships in general or my romantic relationship with my boyfriend, Alex, I thought I'd do a two-parter.

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2021
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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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Autism and Making Friends

Looking back on my own experience as an autistic having trouble making friends and maintaining relationships.

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2020
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FindCenterThere is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

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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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Autism and Friendship | Purple Ella

Autism and friendships. Friendships can be difficult to navigate for those of on the autistic spectrum. I'm talking about some of the potential problems and some solutions to these.

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2017
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