Should I tell people?

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I usually tell people that I'm autistic. Is this wrong? I find people to be understanding when I tell them. I tend to be a very social person. But I come off as weird and eccentric. I'm never really sure if people like me or not and I tend to be on the paranoid side.

Just as long as they understanding you more, you're good.

At least you have confidence in telling people. I sure don't.

I don't find that it matters - they never really have a clue what that means anyhow.

I find the people who are going to treat you like s**t don't care what condition you've got, they just don't like you because you seem different.

The people who accept you, don't mind one way or the other, but it can give you something to talk about.

I normally keep it to myself. I normally tell them like after a while if I feel I can trust them with it.... Because not everyone would take it the right way, because I used to get bullied for being autistic by 2 girls in the park... since then, i've never tell anyone about it.

Its not a bad thing to say it... as Spokane_Girl said, at least you have the condifence to say it.

I don't think it's "wrong" to tell people that you're autistic. It's your choice, I would just advise you to be careful about who you tell. But if people are being understanding and supportive towards you about it, then I wouldn't worry too much.

I never tell anyone that which they dont need to know about me

Nothing wrong with it at all. I was originally told to tell no one by my psychiatrist but after a couple of years with the diagnosis, actually I'm pretty much convinced she's wrong. Definitely decide if you can trust people first, but I told a few more people last weekend and it was so nice i felt so much better afterwards

I find that I think everyone should know. If they are bothered by it, don't believe it(I'm kind of a joker so this is often a common response), or don't like me because of it they can f**k off.

Yeah, I blab it to everyone also... I like your philosophy, by the way

I get a couple of strange responses, but as a rule people try to understand, and I feel a lot more comfortable around people when I know that they know. Otherwise, I'm always feeling like I have to be on my guard and putting up too much of a front.

But I guess it's an individual choice, so however people feel about telling others, that's cool.

Only my family and some of my teachers know. I can't manage to tell peers.

I told my boss today about it and she just laughed it off and said "I could do better". I feel awful now. The problem is I feel like I can only work at one speed. I told her "you have no idea what your talking about" and left.

im so open about autism, we were shirts related to autism basically having a puzzle piece or a ribbon or jus sayin autism awareness, it helps the stares and ppl actually come up to my bf asking for advice, asking about the disorder, saying thank you for spreading awareness, ppl have actually shook his hand cuz of it its weird. however if nobody knows im autistic a lot of the time im seen sometimes as ret*d, and i hate hearing that word, heard it so much it i dont ever want to be refered to as it again. but i dont tell anybody physically, like i never ever went up to a person and said hey im autistic, unless somebody asks which never ever happened to me so i wouldnt know in that situation. we've had ppl ask why all autism shirts, and my bf will explain or other ppl actually butt in and explain to that person and their like ohh i suspected something but didnt wanna say anything, and i dont get treated any different then if they didnt know, well sometimes their voice changes to more high pitched but thats it haha. i didnt tell anybody in my sign class i was autistic, however i have a small button in sign language that says autism awareness and a small autism awareness ribbon on my purse, they obviously put two and two together right away. Everybody ive met have been so accepting and understanding that its almost crazy in a way how accepting they are. Theirs even ppl that wear autism awareness bracelets 24/7 jus from meeting me, who want to share in spreading awareness, and others put autism awareness stickers on their cars from jus being around me, its insane. If you feel comfortable enough, i dont see why its a problem.

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The people who know are limited to family, friends and co-workers. I found that by explaining things to my co-workers about AS that they could better help be productive at work.

I tell many people I'm close to; my mom's side of the family doesn't know though, since my Uncle freaked out about it...even though he's my favorite Uncle.

My dad's side knows and now thinks I'm "severely crippled".

I don't let it get too widespread though--at least not yet--because I want my business to take off...and because I'm the best at what I do; not because "I'm that Autistic guy with a business".

It's sorta like how Bill Cosby prided his being cast in "I Spy" back in the '60s, mentioning "it was the first time I ever got to play a man, and not just a black man".