Nearly every friend I’ve ever made came thru a “special interest”.
Not small talk.
Not networking.
Not “putting myself out there.”
A shared “obsession”, and someone standing next to me inside it.
For autistic folx, special interests aren’t a pathological symptom to manage or destroy.
They’re often the closest and truest road to connection we have.
Society needs to stop pathologising the thing that brings us people and connection.
Mati | The Autistic Coach
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