Today I want to explore the fine line between "that's just the way I am" and "I genuinely can't do this any differently". Where does "I struggle with social awareness" begin and "I don't care about others" begin? For this exploration we will study the characters of Paris Geller and Louis Litt, with some personal interjections as the resident loud mouth autistic girl that everyone on the internet loves to hate.

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Articles and Commentary Links

"Parent Couple Conflict and Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Youth with Autism: Longitudinal Investigation of Bidirectional Effects"

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8958176/

"Autistic children may be more likely to misinterpret healthy arguments between their parents"

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210126/Autistic-children-may-be-more-likely-to-misinterpret-healthy-arguments-between-their-parents.aspx

"Radical Online Communities and their toxic allure for autistic men"

https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/radical-online-communities-and-their-toxic-allure-for-autistic-men/

"Does anyone else experience misogyny by men who blame their autism?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutismInWomen/comments/1bqc2bb/does_anyone_else_experience_misogyny_by_men_who/