How to Help a Friend with Autism

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>>I always think of him as my chill out friend. We'll hang out and watch a movie, shoot pool, or play video games.<<

Well, there yah go!! Just keep on doing that and with a little bit of help from the professionals things will turn out just fine. Not all AS suffers are fortunate enough to have a friend like you so in case anyone else forgets to do this:

THANKS ! !

Ed Almos

The best thing you can do is keep doing what your doing. This person obviously benifits from your friendship and it seems like you do to. Theres no need to treat him differently.

Teach him how to interact with NT girls ! !! This is numero uno on every ASpie guy's wish list ! !!

DUH ! !!

We tend to stumble around relationships with women, and it takes a very loooong time to figure out how to make it work. Take him out with you and teach, "there, ya see that one? She's givin' you the eye, she is."

Trust me, he'll be quite grateful.

Sabailos you sound cool! I wish you would be my friend. I don't see any major changes you need to make in your friendship with him. Actually you should consider it a compliment that he confided his diagnosis with you as that is a BIG step for us to tell someone. I've told a few people and it backfired so I'm fearful now to let anyone know.

The best you can do is if he's interested in women introduce him to women that might go out with him. My dr told me I should have my normal friend's fix me up on dates and CHOOSE my partner since I have a history of picking abusive people. AS people sometimes just don't have the skills it takes so kinda filter out what girl might be nice to him and go on a group date like to movies or game night at your home so they can get to know each other.

Also keep doing what you are doing. That is spending time with him watching movies and such. He probably treasures you more than you can imagine because AS are generally lonely and get few social invitations to spend time with other people. Also remember to invite him with you for the holidays. Holidays are a difficult and lonely time for many of us. But like if you travel to see family on that holiday if you get back later in the evening or the next day whatever ask him if he wants to go out for dinner or order a pizza and watch movies with him.