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• telling the same joke/ wanting to have the same conversation over and over again

• not having much coordination and having a tough time doing “easy” things like tying shoelaces

• having trouble understanding what you mean and needing lots of clarification

• needing things to be broken down into little steps

• having extremely high or extremely low empathy

• getting very attached to things like inanimate objects

difficulty with facial expressions and body language(both their own and others’)

trouble with volume control

stimming(which could be ANYTHING from listening to music to playing with hair to chewing on things and more. if it stimulates the senses then it can be a stim!)

having a forcibly limited palate due to hypersensitivity(for god’s sake stop with the ‘picky eater’ jokes it was never funny)

hypersensitivity issues in general

talking a lot about special interests(if you need to take a break it’s okay to take a break, but it is NOT okay to belittle or make fun of us when chances are we’re just trying to share something we love with someone we love! too much of that and we’ll shut down and not speak to you about our interests ever again.)

not understanding jokes/sarcasm

having an ‘unusual’ speaking style

‘quoting’ things(communication is HARD! sometimes we need to take shortcuts and use someone else’s words)

trouble with making eye contact or appearing to engage with you(we listen. we really do. it just doesn’t always look the way you expect it to.)

having trouble with sudden changes

meltdowns(it is way worse for us than it is for you)

overthinking things

what IS okay: to set boundaries! you deserve to feel safe and comfortable too

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