The Importance of Social Interaction and Communication for Autism

As part of the diagnostic criteria, Autistic people have challenges disproportionately to non-autistic people with social interaction and communication. Being autistic can feel like no matter what you do, people are just going to think that's intentional. It creates so much mental health strain,. The anxiety and the stress and the pressure of going to these situations. And then still being treated like everything we're doing as a result of all these challenges is what we want to because we want to.