{"id":602,"date":"2018-02-07T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=602"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:03:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:03:35","slug":"how-does-someone-w-high-functioning-autism-make-new-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/07\/how-does-someone-w-high-functioning-autism-make-new-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"How does someone w\/ high functioning Autism make new friends?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-596\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/020618-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-596\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/020618-2-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"How does someone w\/ high functioning Autism make new friends?\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How does someone w\/ high functioning Autism make new friends?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes autism makes it hard to understand what others are thinking, including whether or not they want to be your friend. I suggest you start off being around people with similar interests (clubs, classes, hobbies, etc.). If someone in that group seems like friend-material, spend more time with them. Let the friendship grow slowly. Understand that some people have many friends and others have only a few. Those with many friends may not always have time to spend with you, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t like you. As you get comfortable with a friend, let them know about your autism and how it affects your interactions with others. Being up front about that will help them know how to be a better friend. There are many websites with advice for people with autism. Just like with my advice, you should try what feels comfortable and don&#8217;t do something just because it was suggested.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021318-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-726\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021318-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&lt;3 I&#8217;ll be friends with you! &lt;3 Me too! Me too! &lt;3 \ud83d\ude42 you&#8217;re not alone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thank you original poster for spreading awareness \u2026 and thanks to subsequent posters for your replies. The Wall feels blessed to be part of a community where people care for each other. &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes autism makes it hard to understand what others are thinking, including whether or not they want to be your friend. I suggest you start off being around people with similar interests (clubs, classes, hobbies, etc.). If someone in that group seems like friend-material, spend more time with them. Let the friendship grow slowly. Understand &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/07\/how-does-someone-w-high-functioning-autism-make-new-friends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How does someone w\/ high functioning Autism make new friends?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[96,31],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-autism","tag-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}