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Do your friends know you're on the spectrum?
No, noone except my immediate family. 26%  26%  [ 15 ]
Only my very best friend and my immediate family. 16%  16%  [ 9 ]
A few close friends and family. 34%  34%  [ 20 ]
Almost all of my friends and family. 10%  10%  [ 6 ]
Most people I know. 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Everyone. 5%  5%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 58

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14 May 2011, 11:56 am

I'd sooner die than tell any of my few friends. I once told my best friend and I'm glad he eventually forgot. But I'd rather keep what I am to myself rather than be judged.


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15 May 2011, 9:40 am

I've told a few close friends and they've responded reasonably. ^^; No judgment yet. I think they'll just see me as they always have, since the Asperger's has always been there. They're all socially awkward people, too--I don't think it matters that I'm on the spectrum and they're not.



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26 May 2011, 3:26 am

Eh.... my friends who are triplets know I am AS, their cousin has Autism so they were very understanding when I told them. and bout 1-2 people beside them outside family know I am it.. think one guy forgot I have it tho..

but I'm to scared to tell others.. don't want to be judge anymore then I have to be.



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26 May 2011, 8:43 am

I don't have a diagnosis, yet so I haven't really told anyone but my mother told all her friends and met up with some parents of kids I went to primary school with who have children with Autism and my brother yelled it at his friends into the microphone for his ps3. A friend of mine asked me if I had it, then proceeded to ask the rest of my friends what they thought about it and told the people on my table in maths.

One of the boy's response was "Oh, I thought so." and another person said "So, that's why you're weird."



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26 May 2011, 3:29 pm

i have had i diagnosis since i was 3 and i still haven't told many people :D



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27 May 2011, 10:46 am

i tell my 'friends' and accuantences on a need-to-know basis.
sometimes the topic comes up as to why i did *insert weird thing*, sometimes i lash out at ignorance about autism or said friend disclosed having an ASD to me.
also, one set of friends i told becouse i had a meltdown right before their eyes; lucky it wasn't violent, but i kind of completely froze up, making them worried about me.

in my experience, i get respected more when they know about my AS, since they then realise what i go trough to be around them; but actually telling usually produces so much anxiety that i need a good reason to actually do it.