What I have learned since being diagnosed with Autism
Since being diagnosed as Autistic in December 2020, my life has changed significantly. I’ve slowly been able to start understanding so many things that previously didn’t make sense. I’ve always struggled to maintain friendships/relationships with people, very often I prefer my own company. I struggle socially, I’m not good at doing ‘small-talk’ so I think sometimes I can be quite blunt and to the point which may be off-putting to others. My difficulty to maintain conversations means that some may consider me to be ignorant sometimes whereas in reality it’s just that I don’t always know what to say or how to get my thoughts across succinctly.