![]() ![]() I want to make sure this guy, whoever he is, is going to be worth all the effort it’s going to take. I want to make the right choice because it’s going to take a lot of effort. Same thing for romantic relationships – I haven’t had one because I am really choosey. I am choosey about my friends because making friends and having friends is hard – it takes an awful lot of brain energy for me and it’s easy for me to get burnt out. That’s where I have totally misread something and insulted someone accidentally. These days I can generally go to a social event, chat, and make no social tsunamis anymore. I’ve definitely learnt how to do social talk, like the surface talk, I can do that.īut I’m very strong willed, and I’ve always said I’m like a steamroller made of flowers – I look pretty, I smell great, but people can still get squished! It’s like running into an invisible lamp pole – my brain doesn’t process that something’s there, but it still hurts when you run into it! And then I’m like, where the heck did this thing come from? So do you ever offend anyone? My brain just literally doesn’t pick up all the nonverbal cues. Reading facial expressions is something I’ve learnt to do better, but can I do it as well as what is considered ‘the norm’? No. It’s because when I’m using all my brain to understand what someone’s telling me, I don’t have the brain power left-over to look someone in the eye. ![]() ![]() Also, the more panicked and anxious I am – the more important something is to me – the harder it is to make eye contact. But it took a long time – it was probably not until I was in my early 20s that I felt comfortable.īut even these days… when I’m processing something or when I’m thinking really hard and trying to learn something, I don’t look people in the eye. But do I always use it appropriately? No! Is it hard for you to make eye-contact? Why?įor me it depends on the situation – I have actually had enough practice that I can now make eye contact quite easily. I can understand irony and sarcasm, and I actually do use it myself. Does this mean you don’t get irony or sarcasm? People expect you to automatically pick stuff up, but when you have autism you just can’t. And the culture is so different that you are like, ‘what the heck?!’įor a lot of people with autism that’s what communication is like – it just seems all foreign and unfamiliar. People in Japan do things differently to you – you’re not sure why they’re doing it, but you can tell it’s obviously important. So imagine you are in Japan… people speak differently in Japan and you can’t understand what they’re saying. Why is it hard for people with autism to communicate? Hannah, 31, often gets asked questions about living with autism – and sometimes they are a little curly to answer!Īutism can be a different experience from person to person, but to break down the stigma of autism, Hannah is answering some of the curly questions she gets asked most often. ![]()
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