So, I want to use the term… But I don’t see myself as ‘supposed to have autism’ nor wanting to develop it. I grew up with an autistic sibling, and developed a lot of their habits and speech patterns. I, because of that, feel safe with other autistics more often than I do with non autistics, and also especially with low empathy autistics due to my ASPD. It’s a really big part of my identity and how I socialize, so I’m wondering if using the term in that way would make any sense, or if there is something more fitting.

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    1 year ago

    I think if you feel that the term fits you, you should use it :) Maybe you could coin something, like autistichearted like how we have for otherhearted, or demiautistic? I dunno.

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      1 year ago

      Autistichearted sounds… Really smart actually. Big brain move, thank you. I’ll be coining it on my coining sideblog.

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        Oh, no problem! Really glad it helped!!