friendship

Photo of two short-haired tabby cats snuggling with their eyes closed. The cat on the left is brown and the cat on the right is a ginger.

For Autistic Adults, Making Friends Can Be Complicated

September 2, 2024 • By Luce Greenwood

Being an autistic adult and making friends is probably harder than it was when I was a teenager (this might not be true for other autistics, but it’s my experience).

Square graphic with a bright red border and a white background. Black text in the center reads, "The autistic need to prove you can handle stressful situations because you've had so may chances taken away from you without consent, so you end up throwing yourself into anything even if it's damaging."

Let Autistic People Make Their Own Choices!

May 3, 2024 • By Luce Greenwood

When other people take choices away from autistic people, it can make us believe we are useless and destroy our confidence. It can even lead to us putting ourselves in dangerous situations, just to prove we can do things.

How Non-Autistics Can Be Good Friends to Autistic People

October 28, 2022 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We talked with several autistic people about how non-autistic people can be good friends to autistic people. This is their advice.

Image of a hug between Mu and his adult big sister. His back is to the camera. His sister is smiling. Posted with the permission of the subjects. Image by their father, Nuri Çevik.

Forcing Friendships Doesn’t Equal Autistic Youth Gaining Social Skills

August 31, 2019 • By Kerima Çevik

An autistic young person has the right to have an active and willing agency in the process of deciding who to befriend, what boundaries should be set on such friendships and who they are just not comfortable with.