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Would this article be good to share with NT friends who ask about my AS?

I think this is an excellent article and am about to forward it to a friend who continues to struggle to understand just how painful my life is.
 
"...it's not autism we're faking, it's neurotypicality."

That statement is absolutely true for me. However, a lot of the specifics of her description don't fit me as well. She put a really heavy emphasis on the social anxiety aspect (which...the anxiety itself doesn't affect me as much as simply knowing I'm going to fail if I try to socialize in an authentic manner because I come across so terribly awkwardly...unless I'm acting...but then I feel horribly alone because I know that people can't handle who I really am), and not much emphasis at all on the sensory sensitivities, and how overwhelming all the data input is.
 
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