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In your experience, do autistic people “flock”? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I have been recently diagnosed as autistic, and now I seem to see autism everywhere in my social circle. My brother, a daughter, at least two friends. . . Either there are a lot of undiagnosed autistic people out there OR I tend to become friends (more comfortable) with fellow autists, OR I am just being silly and am attributing autism to NT people with strong interests. Fellow neurodivergent folks of all types, what is your experience? (Edit: changed ND to NT. oops!)

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I find that autistic people tend to attract each other the same way stand users tend to attract each other. It's a little weird tbh.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What's a stand user?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's a reference to the anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (hahahah, I said the funny). A Stand user is a person that possesses a Stand, a sort of supernatural manifestation of one's fighting spirit, which can take on many forms (though most commonly, they appear humanoid.)

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