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Lost Soul
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I made a friend last night I think, and we chatted on WLM (MSN) and after I sent her my link to my website about my life with Asperger's, she didn't say much and now she is ignoring me. That was since last night.
Lanlan said:'and said she was someone for cake'
I don't know what that means but I knoiw that cake is a good thing!
How far down the aspergers/autism spectrum are you, out of interest if you don't mind saying?
Treehere said:I'll be honest here Lost Soul, no matter how you feel about it, people do tend to get put off if you directly tell them that you have aspergers or that you are autistic.
It's like if I, meeting a new friend for the first time, went directly and told them something personal about myself and then linked them directly to a wikipedia page where I expected them to read through and suddenly understand. People have their limits - I myself would be put off by it and I'm very knowledgeable about autism.
Next time you meet someone online, how about avoiding the aspergers thing all together? Talk about your interests, what you're up to at the moment and try to find some common ground. Once you've built a relationship then you can try talking about it.
Good advice.Treehere said:I'll be honest here Lost Soul, no matter how you feel about it, people do tend to get put off if you directly tell them that you have aspergers or that you are autistic.
It's like if I, meeting a new friend for the first time, went directly and told them something personal about myself and then linked them directly to a wikipedia page where I expected them to read through and suddenly understand. People have their limits - I myself would be put off by it and I'm very knowledgeable about autism.
Next time you meet someone online, how about avoiding the aspergers thing all together? Talk about your interests, what you're up to at the moment and try to find some common ground. Once you've built a relationship then you can try talking about it.
Treehere said:I'll be honest here Lost Soul, no matter how you feel about it, people do tend to get put off if you directly tell them that you have aspergers or that you are autistic.
It's like if I, meeting a new friend for the first time, went directly and told them something personal about myself and then linked them directly to a wikipedia page where I expected them to read through and suddenly understand. People have their limits - I myself would be put off by it and I'm very knowledgeable about autism.
Next time you meet someone online, how about avoiding the aspergers thing all together? Talk about your interests, what you're up to at the moment and try to find some common ground. Once you've built a relationship then you can try talking about it.
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