things nt people can do to make people with autism feel more comfortable.

- allistic/neurotypicals rt

do not ‘encourage’ us to make eye contact with you.

a lot of people with autism tend to talk about their special interests as conversation starters, do not make fun of us for talking about the same two or three topics

we do not need to be cured and don’t treat us like we do

don’t make fun of us for making weird sounds, sitting in an odd position or moving around a lot.

whenever we say loud noises, certain textures and bright lights are hurting us we mean it, they are genuinely painful and we do not want to get sensory overload

being there for us is respecting autistic behaviour and traits even if you don’t know if that person is autistic

not every person wants to be public about their autism because some of us know how allistics will treat us. not all of us know we have autism and not all of us have the privilege to be open about our autism.

autistic people do not have to tell you they are autistic for you to respect them

there is no such thing as ‘being normal’ neurodiversity is everywhere.