People You Know Aren’t the Same as Friends

When you have autism or are neurodivergent, people aren’t as friendly as they could be

Not Weird Just Autistic
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4 min readAug 4, 2022

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Photo by Chris Curry on Unsplash

Yesterday was five years since I moved from the sensory overload of Los Angeles to a quieter area in Southwest Missouri. I sat in my rocking chair last night and did some thinking. Then a bit of crying. Finally more thinking. I finished that up…

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Not Weird Just Autistic
Invisible Illness

J.R. Reed is a late-diagnosed autism self-advocate who writes, speaks, podcasts, and livestreams. He’s also editor at Destigmatizing on Medium.