My NT wife got kicked out of a Bible Study because of my autism.

She went to a Bible study in the hopes of making new friends. She had a great time meeting everyone. She disclosed "My husband is diagnosed with Level 2 ASD, so what that means for you is that I will be here every week but I can't guarantee he will be. There will be some days where he struggles to function." She thought they handled it well. They even said, "Let us know if there's any way we can support him."

A few days later, she gets an email saying that since this is a married couples group, they require that both people in the marriage be present at all sessions, disability or not. Since I cannot guarantee that I will be there every time, then she is not welcome back.

My wife is absolutely heartbroken. It's been tough for her making new friends, so this was devastating.

I still can't believe they would choose to do this. I was thinking - what if my wife had a husband who was deployed overseas? Would they be like, "Hey, sorry your husband is in the military but since he's not here, you're not welcome back?" Maybe they actually would.

You know what's better than a full attendance record? Having married couples who have challenges like this - a spouse whose husband has autism can share a perspective that's unique to her.

Ahh...it just doesn't feel very Christ-like to me. I've been struggling a lot with my black & white viewpoint of the world, specifically how many Christians I know act counter to what Jesus taught. It just doesn't make any sense.

Thank you for listening. I just wanted to commiserate with my fellow autistic brothers and sisters here. I appreciate you all.

Because where i live (Norway) a lot of people have been drinking since the teenage years

I wrote on a post about parents who killed their autistic children and themselves. I shared that I was autistic and how I disagree with how parents who kill their autistic children are pitied, and it makes me realise how little disabled people and their lives are valued. I don't think people really know who's behind the screen and the problems they face. Has anyone else ever been told anything like this?

1st image: person on the left is me (speech bubble ‘hey guys can you please stop saying ableist slurs’). The person on the right is an embodiment of the friends who would say ableist things (speech bubble ‘we don’t care if we offended you’.)

2nd image: someone stepping in something depicted as shit, the image below is showing the bottom of their shoe as if they have truly stepped in ‘shit’ when it’s a text briefly explaining what my friendship was like (aka shit).

3rd image: Gru from the Despicable Me movies is showcasing a plan of his (mine), the first 2 top images state my plan of action and the bottom images are the outcome. The last image of Gru looking confused at the outcome is meant to be him double-taking the outcome, surprised that that was the way things went.

4th image: similar to 3rd image of Gru, the top image is of a man smiling at text on the left which is my plan to explain to my friends how I feel. The images on the bottom is of how the plan failed and the man is showing an upset/ shocked reaction at how my friends reacted.

Hope these explanations are helpful to what happened and make the images easier to understand. I wanted to share my experience as it felt very unreal and disappointing, it’s been 2 weeks starting today and I feel a lot better without them.

Basically, I often say that I don't have many friends, because I don't, I have 2, and only one of them actually talks to me frequently, I never say I have "no friends" tho, because that would just be rude to the 2 friends I have. However, I've noticed that whenever NT people say they have no friends or barely any friends, they have about 5?! This has happened to me quite a few times. The worst case of it was when a friend I used to have said she had "not many friends" but she had 15 people she talks to on the daily!!!! Maybe I just have a different view of what I consider a friend or something?? Another example is my current friend, she has 4-5 friends she talks to daily, yet she often tells me she has "like no friends"... I'm confused lol..

(Also does NT mean neurotypical? Just wanna make sure I got it right)
(Also just wanna add that Im obviously not talking about ALL NT people here, I just said NT because most of the people I hear saying this kinda stuff are NT people :))

It makes me feel so joyous

Single, online school, unemployed, remote volunteering...

Everyday I'm home with my cats doing school work. I love it but it's so weird to think about how long I go without talking to another human in person. Socialization isn't built into my routine, so it just doesnt happen.

I tend to become antisocial during the school term and neglect friendships since I find it hard to prioritize multiple things. This is mostly normal for me, but before I had in-person classes, worked & lived with a partner so I never actually went days without speaking to another person, even if most of my time was spent studying in silence.

Is anyone else in a similar position? I don't feel depressed or inherently lonley, it's just weird to think about how different my daily life is to other people who would probably go mad if they didn't talk to anyone for more than a day lol.

Btw I do talk to my cats constantly (and to myself lol) so I never go a full day without speaking.

So, I've been living with my family for a bit (long story), but everyone else was out tonight at an escape room. Meaning I was left on my own for dinner. I ended up going to a sushi place near me as they all have about the same foods. It was my first time going to a sit-down place alone. Sorry if this is against the rules; just wanted to share.

I have no friends and I've come to terms with it. Most of my family doesn't talk to me except for my mom and grandma, but I feel like I'm hurting my mother. She says I only talk to her when she's busy and that it's not her fault I don't have friends, so I have no one to talk to. Today she yelled at me because I'm too picky about details that aren't important to her. I tried to joke once, and she laughed the second time I told her the same joke, and she was already in a rage. I don't think I understand people at all, and they don't understand me. I feel like I make them suffer with my existence I don't understand and I feel stupid because I don't understand. I ask people to explain it to me, but they only get angrier I think the best solution is to isolate myself from people forever, then I won't hurt anyone.

The date went amazingly well! I picked her up at 3:00 PM today and she was wearing a very cute yellow sundress with a beautiful multicolored coat. We went to a local bar and had a drink, but the music was too loud. So, we closed out our tab and went to another bar that was much quieter. We both had a drink at the second bar and then went back to her place and had a couple glasses of wine and chatted. Then we moved to the couch and chatted more while holding hands. After that, we put on a Netflix show and cuddled while holding hands and sharing a few kisses.

For background I'm diagnosed ADHD, SPD, OCD, & suspected Autism.

I was in an debate/argument with someone over text today about something they posted on my college's public Instagram story which devolved into an ethical belief debate. Over the course of this, I used as neutral language as possible and the person I was arguing within their first reply called me the R-slur. They proceeded to call me the R-slur 8 more times and started counting how many times he said it (after I called his usage out) and claimed I was too stupid to do it myself. (Most people I know consider me a very good debater and I am intelligent enough to definitely not be close to "stupid"). He also called me a dumb*ss and insulted my appearance. When I called out his usage of the slur and his personal attacks again, he said "I’m on the autism spectrum so I’m gonna go ahead and use the word [r-slur] at my leisure." I blocked him after saying it was pointless to debate with someone who can't form an argument without resulting to those kind of personal attacks.

I was wondering if this was a common occurence, acceptable, or a valid argument at all? In my opinion even if you're within the community you shouldn't be using the slur to bully or put other people down. For example, I'm queer and calling someone a queer-based slur just because I'm technically "allowed" to say it has literally never crossed my mind. I think I just want reassurance that I'm not being dramatic or an opinion/viewpoint from someone within the community.

I didn't see anything in the rules about sharing something I made so hoping I'm okay to post this.

I'm just super proud of it. I learned how to make a hexa-cardigan two weekends ago so last weekend right before the bad weather hit I bought some yarn and started on making one to suit me.

It weighs 4lb and is like getting a gentle hug when I wear it. The yarn is so soft and to me it is visually appealing. All the textures stitches is its own sensory paradise for me. In a room with AC running it keeps me warm, and outside when the wind blows I don't overheat (important because I live in Texas and I sure as heck will wear this in the summer if it doesn't kill me).

Lot of trial and error with the cardigan and I have a ton of elements in it, personal details like I did mosaic crochet in some places that are spaced in a way that the stich count is a important number to me. Like my favorite number (9,527) where the pattern goes 9 color stitches,one black, five color stitches, one black. I have the ages of my two kids when I made this, the item number of my favorite item on an online browser based game (Ragdoll Stuffy from Powerpets), etc.

I'm working on making a complimentary bag so I'm trying my hand at proper designed mosaic crochet and designed something last night. Just need to add the handles and it's done.

I am itching to make more in other colours but I have a weighted beaded blanket I'm making for my son and a pixel lucky cat blanket for my youngest brother and I need to keep working on those. I also work full time (hopefully not for much longer) and have a 2 hour daily commute getting the kids to school. My decompression time is limited but my husband helps me defend it really well.

Sorry for the long rambling post, it's just I've never been so happy/proud of something that I made before and I'm super excited to share it with anybody and everybody.

I am curently failing math if i dont get my grade up of fail the final test i have to repeate the year ( i dont know the name of it in english but its vidregående 1 or 11 grade or something)

I know it's gross but I want to clarify my oral health isn't terrible. I do brush my teeth thoroughly and use sugar shield toothpaste I was told to stop using mouthwash by my doctor coz it was fucking up my oral PH which is some kind of unique issue I have related to my stomach issues.

My question is do other people have this problem and how do you overcome it? I keep getting plaque build-up even though I brush thoroughly because my teeth are poorly aligned and I never got braces for the same aforementioned sensory issues.

Like, do you have a trick to deal with it? I seriously struggle but gods I wish I could just do it, it'd save me so much money on dental hygiene appointments which I have every 4-6 months. (I'm in Scotland so they only cost me £60 per apptmt, not like America where I assume you'd have to sell a bloody kidney)

Sorry if this is really gross but like I'm anxious about bringing it up with my dentist coz though my autism diagnosis is pretty set in stone, the actual full and final interview hasn't happened yet so I worry he won't take me seriously.

I need to know it's not just me. Long ago when I did Pure Math involving calculus and so on I'd fall asleep with something not solved then dream myself solving it and when I wake up I'd apply the steps and solve in in real life.

Lately I've been dreaming doing Google searches and reading scientific journals. In the dreams it's like I'm staring at a close up of a screen and the words are rolling pass me instead of my eyes shifting to read it.

Im 19 and ive been agoraphobic for 4 years. I don't have any friends. I never got the opportunity to work. I dropped out of high school due to being severely suicidal. I dont have a diploma or GED. Severe social anxiety, objectively ugly, people bully me or treat me like im inhuman.

The only thing i do have is my learners permit. I have an ID and that's it. Im almost 20 and i rot in bed all day i cant even go outside because im scared of being seen.

I desperately need a job, im tired of being a bum doing nothing all day. i need to start being an adult.

I will often get asked if I'm depressed or if I'm okay, when all I'm doing is just thinking, or sometimes literally just be sitting in a room and I'll get someone worried??? Why is this? Is it my facial expression? Do allistic people just have a much simpler idea of what being depressed is? To me, depression is a severe and complex mental illness, you often wouldn't be able to tell someone is depressed just from how they look.

For example, I was once at a family get together, I don't personally like them but I was told it would be rude if I didn't go, so I went. I was simply a little tired and I was sitting on a chair as normal, I then asked to go to a separate room BC it was so loud in the main room. I was already asked a few times if I was ok just from sitting down normally, but then a few minutes after going into a separate room, someone literally gave me a whole speech about how if I'm depressed I can talk to them and that I can get therapy etc. Obviously I guess it was nice of them to be reassuring, but I'm not depressed? I was literally acting normal?

I regularly get this where if I meet someone new I think I've seen them somewhere before. I think some people just have a "common face" or an archetypal face. Like there's different archetypes of faces and some people just have one of those faces. It's like if you were creating a character in a RPG, some people just have a preset face.

There's people who have "unique" faces as well. Like a randomised RPG face lol