2 women of different ages hugging There is (yet another) stereotype about autistic people that they have no friends. While socializing and finding someone (either NT or ND ) who accepts you for who you are (not who their idea of you is) has been a struggle for me, I do have one friend and she is a great blessing in my life. I didn't have any friends growing up. I did have a reoccurring summer playmate for a few years but come school time, I became invisible to her. She was popular and probably didn't want her friends knowing she knew me. I did have a few casual friends in middle school the place I call day prison due to the bullying and generally hostile, tense and loud environment. They succumbed to peer pressure in high school. People asked them why they hung out with me and one of them told me she was tired of getting mean stuff said to her for being my friend. She asked my permission to leave the friendship. I forgave her and have forgiven a lot of other peop...
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