how do yuou deal with being autistic + finding a group of people

>>50474806
Depends on your level of autism anon. Are you slightly awkward or terrified of any social interaction?

Personally, I was diagnosed with Aspergers when I was a kid and I just try to talk to other people who already do or are into nerdy shit when opportunity arises, ask them if they play D&D. It helps that I work in game development so I am surrounded by people like this. I'd categorize myself as more awkward than normal, but people don't seem to mind too much.

Go away frogposter.

>>50474806
Be less autistic.

Even if you don't have the same instinctual recognition of social cues that people with working brains have, you can more or less make up for it with rote memorisation. Facial expressions and body language don't tend to have much variation across people, so you need to learn them, even if you don't actually understand them.

Once you have that down, you need to learn how normal people have conversations. Don't just try to be a TV or comic character, because that's like the #1 thing that gives recovering autists away in my experience - They think they have some knowledge of how to act like a real human bean from TV, but TV personalities aren't actual personalities and they always, always come across as creepy.

Instead, maybe try reading a book in a coffee shop and just listening to the conversations around you, or listen to a gaming podcast and consider how they are speaking to each other, even if you don't understand why.

Basically, fake it 'til you make it. Everything can be falsified if you've studied it in sufficient detail, even if you have to put a lot of effort in. It'll never be perfect, but with time you should be able to pull off 'Awkward and shy' rather than 'Terrifying bug-eyed creeper'. Progress.

I have autism and I managed to craft a vibrant social life with humor. Making people laugh and being supportive and nice and shit is enough.

>>50474806
By learning how to deal with people beforehand. Seeing a psychologist helps a lot. You don't need to say you have any mental illness and shit, just ask them to help you with your socialisation. Seriously, they love this kind of "therapy". Guess why.

Also, learn to identify the intentions behind what people tell you. Do not just fucking listen to any piece of colorful advice you receive.

>>50474876
This guy gets it

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>>50474876