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I heard you can some stop having autism by socializing enough. I don't totally understand that. (hexbear.net)
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I'm curious how that could work. That peaks my interest because I've known people who have autism and seem great at socializing. I don't have autism, but I'm very socially awkward, and if autistic people can do that I find it inspirational for my own socializing journey.

A podcaster on Radio Free Totebag casually said it, and idk if it was just as a passing joke, or if they were speaking factually. They mentioned a therapist not liking that they still say they're autistic when it's an old diagnosis.

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[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We're doing a reading group of Unmasking Autism over here, it's a book many users have spoken positively about in understanding their own autism and that of other autistic people in their life. You may want to jump in? We've just finished chapter one.