Somewhat Summers

This makes me so happy, to be honest. The woman who played the character herself acknowledging it’s okay for us to relate to Luna, especially if it helps us feel at peace with our oddness, gives me hope.

This is a common misconception that I will be glad to clear up.

People with autism/AS are not always completely socially-inept 

Some people are, of course, the spectrum is so large that everyone can be different to some degree. But people with autism and AS CAN be social, we CAN form close relationships, we CAN touch people and hug people, we CAN spend time and love people like neurotypicals. 

We just can’t do it for everyone. Or even for extended periods of time.

For example. I often use the metaphor of a “battery” for this type of thing. With normal people and strangers, my “social battery” decreases and I’m left tired quickly. With family, it still decreases, but a lot slower, and it’s only typically when we stop talking, that I realise that the socialisation even wore me out at all. With my best friend, who is also my autistic Special Person, my battery doesn’t decrease at all until she leaves, and in fact, she’s capable of energising me.

Everyone’s “battery” will be different, everyone will have different thresholds. This is important. Not every person with autism has a “battery” that will (instantly) decrease just from spending time with people.

Some days I feel like I can eat everything and anything but others even the thought of food makes me want to be sick anyone else have this problem?