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slk_23
07/06/20 1:56:32 PM
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Would you be okay dating/marrying somebody with autism?


Is this something that people care about? I'm not saying that it's a "flaw" or anything, but it might significantly alter a person's life. Would you be okay with it, or would it make you say nope?

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ThePrinceFish
07/06/20 2:00:50 PM
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Autism is a spectrum. I would date a high functioning autistic woman, but I have a nephew that is low functioning and I wouldn't date a woman like that.

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OgesMC
07/06/20 2:02:34 PM
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I would not personally, but certainly do not discourage anyone from doing so.
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TheOrgyPorgy
07/06/20 2:03:40 PM
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absolutely yes to HFA

beyond that, i don't think i could pull it off, but i'd be happy to be friends and hang out and help with stuff sometimes

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The23rdMagus
07/06/20 2:03:42 PM
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I'd be pretty hypocritical...

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Lost_All_Senses
07/06/20 2:05:20 PM
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Sure. Id prefer it to extreme narcissism or vanity. Not saying you can't be both.

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Pepys Monster
07/06/20 2:05:40 PM
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Sure. My ex fiancee claimed she had it.

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Solar_Crimson
07/06/20 2:06:04 PM
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High-functioning, probably.

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Pseudomenon
07/06/20 2:17:05 PM
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No. My own mental health issues seem to clash with people on the spectrum, for whatever reason. We'd both just be miserable.

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Patty_Fleur
07/06/20 2:18:56 PM
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Marked. This topic is literally fucking offensive. It implies autistic people are less than. Shut the fuck up. Some of the most brilliant minds are autistic.

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KookyCouture
07/06/20 2:20:30 PM
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No
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CasualGuy
07/06/20 2:20:48 PM
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Low functioning can require like aides or living with parents well into adulthood if not forever

That would be a definite no and probably considered rape?

High functioning? Sure I guess

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hockeybub89
07/06/20 2:21:04 PM
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Wasssup Now
07/06/20 2:22:42 PM
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Low functioning absolutely. High functioning on the other hand
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Mareen
07/06/20 2:22:46 PM
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Probably. I'm not really all that picky when it comes to a potential partner.

Though, I wonder, and don't mean to come off as offensive by asking, would dating a person considered "low functioning" be okay?

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The23rdMagus
07/06/20 2:22:52 PM
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Patty_Fleur posted...
Marked. This topic is literally fucking offensive. It implies autistic people are less than. Shut the fuck up. Some of the most brilliant minds are autistic.
Take your own advice. Being around neurodivergent people, even if you are one yourself, is a different and sometimes difficult experience, but not inherently bad.

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EndOfDiscOne
07/06/20 2:22:54 PM
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I'm certain I have Asperger's, but a lot of people around me probably don't even realize it. A lot of famous people are on the spectrum as well.

https://www.everydayhealth.com/aspergers/7-famous-people-you-didnt-know-aspergers-syndrome/

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Pseudomenon
07/06/20 2:24:09 PM
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Patty_Fleur posted...
Marked. This topic is literally fucking offensive. It implies autistic people are less than. Shut the fuck up. Some of the most brilliant minds are autistic.
You sure have changed a lot since your days of trolling about the Pulse night club shooting.

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Solar_Crimson
07/06/20 2:27:16 PM
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Wasssup Now posted...
Low functioning absolutely. High functioning on the other hand
You either have that backwards, or you're admitting that you would basically rape someone who can't take care of themselves.

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Lost_All_Senses
07/06/20 2:29:43 PM
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Pseudomenon posted...
No. My own mental health issues seem to clash with people on the spectrum, for whatever reason. We'd both just be miserable.

There definitely needs to be a nurturer in the relationship. Someone who feels rewarded by doing for others. I'm personally that way. That's why I wouldn't mind someone who needed a specific kind of attention to balance them. As long as it's not all my attention all the time lol. I got limits.

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garan
07/06/20 6:12:06 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
High-functioning, probably.


Same here. I've had a friend or two who were almost certainly on the spectrum somewhere & it wasn't much of an issue.
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Pseudomenon
07/06/20 6:45:44 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
There definitely needs to be a nurturer in the relationship. Someone who feels rewarded by doing for others. I'm personally that way. That's why I wouldn't mind someone who needed a specific kind of attention to balance them. As long as it's not all my attention all the time lol. I got limits.
Yeah I'm not at all a nurturer but I simultaneously have problems with wanting to feel wanted/needed despite severely disliking the responsibility of being wanted/needed, and being needy myself despite desperately seeking stubborn, misguided notions of independence. I'm also aggressively aloof and insensitive. I'm more or less a werecat with worst qualities of humans and cats.

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GameboyTroy
07/06/20 6:58:12 PM
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Patty_Fleur posted...
Marked. This topic is literally fucking offensive. It implies autistic people are less than. Shut the fuck up. Some of the most brilliant minds are autistic.
I'm not offended. I'm autistic. I never had a gf before.

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averagejoel
07/06/20 7:14:13 PM
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covxy is gonna come in here and post something awful in 3, 2, 1...

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COVxy
07/06/20 7:32:11 PM
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averagejoel posted...
covxy is gonna come in here and post something awful in 3, 2, 1...

You don't want to engage with me on this topic, and yet you decide to try to call me out like this?

You can either fuck off or actually engage in discussion.

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onedarksoul
07/06/20 7:33:46 PM
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I feel like there was a movie about this subject.

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averagejoel
07/06/20 8:59:36 PM
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COVxy posted...
You don't want to engage with me on this topic, and yet you decide to try to call me out like this?

You can either fuck off or actually engage in discussion.
your opinions on this topic merit calling out, not discussion.

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COVxy
07/06/20 9:01:15 PM
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K dude. My "opinions" on the matter is that autism is a serious disorder that you make light of with your woo woo bullshit.

You are uneducated on the topic, and it is at the expense of those who need recognition and help.

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ForsakenHermit
07/06/20 9:05:26 PM
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I have Aspergers so yeah.

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GS4Life
07/06/20 11:04:02 PM
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ForsakenHermit posted...
I have Aspergers so yeah.
same

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GameboyTroy
07/06/20 11:04:32 PM
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Yes.

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