I need help understanding different personality types!

[AngelCheese77]

They should stop sharing their story with strangers on the internet, so healthy ones will stop judging them over their disability and not ostracise them because of it.

Yes they are a part of a community. And no, noone is obliged to accept that.

Wow, case in point here. Non accepting person. An example of someone who can't accept those who are different than them.

Question! If people with autism are really good at doing homework/research/study. Is it possible for someone to devote the time into studying social interaction? Like, I get that it's difficult to pick it up 'naturally,' but could it be learned through intense study? And then the follow-up to that question is. Does that 'intense study' phase only apply to a subject the person is passionate about?

If started early enough I don't see why not. Sadly with my husbnad, his mother took the "medicate until no one notices" approach. He's 45 now .. only learned about his Spectrum diagnosis at 43. His family never taught him about it or how to work with it. They covered it up behind medication so he looked and acted "normal".

For those who get social anxiety and feel bad about hurting someone through broken promises or failed outings--do you guys consider methods of redemption? Ways to make it up to those people, or just drift away with sole focus on avoiding the mistake entirely?

I drift away, then beat myself up years later after the fact when I can't do anything about it.

Now, my husband does tell people he has Aspergers/Spectrum Disorder. Why? See case in point on medication. He also finds it helps to explain why he did X thing or Y thing, and why his wife (me) stepped up and gently said something to him.