Ask Women on Sidechat | genuinely how do you make female friends if you're autistic and in grad school i am in a major city, which helps, but i don't know anyone. i think i vibe with ppl one-on-one but i don't integrate well into existing friend groups

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Ask Women 1d

genuinely how do you make female friends if you're autistic and in grad school i am in a major city, which helps, but i don't know anyone. i think i vibe with ppl one-on-one but i don't integrate well into existing friend groups

Anonymous 1d

If youre in grad school youre likely to find autistic peers that are pursuing smth theyre autistic about. I didnt do grad school but j picked a very autistic major and made many autistic friends by nature of us being rlly into the thing we are studying

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Anonymous 1d

I find people who are also different, generally neurodivergent. Make a few friends, ask to hang out with them and tell them to invite whoever they want to join

Anonymous 1d

I learned how to mask really well so most people can’t tell I’m autistic when they meet me 😄

Anonymous 1d

Almost all of my friends are autistic. We find each other through our shared hobbies

Anonymous 11h

This! and texting is so so tiring it gets to a point where I just don’t want to text anymore.

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#1 1d

Also sometimes you gotta make your own friend groups, find some people in your same classes/labs/orgs with similar interests and invite them to go do something relevant

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#3 18h

it is a very small program :/ i'm acquainted with a few people but they seem way more socially adjusted than me... i cannot pass as non-autistic. but thank you!