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He Can't Be Autistic: He's So Social!

Autism in the Adult

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Autism Spectrum Disorder - What to Say When Someone on the Spectrum Is Not Social?

People say someone so social and therefore cannot be on the spectrum. This may be why, for autism spectrum, people might look talkative. They might look very interested and connecting with others, or interested in other people - but that's where things break down. We don't want people to get missed. You know, just because someone's talkative, they actually might be struggling quite a bit with communicating on a social basis and connecting with other people. Thanks for joining me to day as we talked about this misunderstanding of what social can mean,. The ference between social and someone on the spectrum might be.

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