I always wondered why autistic people felt so comfortable around me and wanted to be friends with me. Well, now I know haha

Usually we vibe but if they aren’t as good at masking as I am they can be a bit cringe. I get a bit freaked out around people who seem like they are bad at masking since just being near them feels like I risk being part of some social embarrassment if they say the wrong thing too loud or make a scene. In private contexts we all good though.

I feel like I get along fine with autists in person but online is like a knife fight where everyone gets cut.

When I’ve met up with other autists irl, we mostly spent the whole time talking about our special interests and how weird the NTs are. I think it just makes intuitive sense to most of us to define our community by the stuff we all have in common.

I just infodump them and try to be friendly as I do with everybody else (I usually goes better with neurodivergent people xd)