The Importance of Communication

Autistic people can feel empathy or be far more empathetic than neurotypical people. But in an autistic way, regardless of what we're talking about, it's still coming through an autistic brain. The last thing I want to talk about with what it feels like to be autistic is dealing with emotions and emotional awareness. You know, sometimes I experience no visible emotion when someone becomes emotional, right? So crying doesn't make me cry. Does that make sense? I mean, yeah, no, it doesn't. It doesn't. On the outside, nothing, on the inside, horrible. I feel really, really horrible and bad for them. What I've learnt is almost