Guest Ali Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I have a friend that says he doesn’t feel love. I’ve asked if he thought he might be aromatic but he’s unsure but I also know he has Asperger’s and that could contribute to it. I wanted to know if anyone had any insight to what might be going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin144 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 People on the autism spectrum are more likely to be aromantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Robin144 said: People on the autism spectrum are more likely to be aromantic. Maybe. But is it scientifically proven? I’d like to see that study… Cause studies about aromanticism… you can count on one hand… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeepsInTheChiliPot Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Autistic people have a higher likelihood of being LGBTQ+ but specifically aromantic, I don’t know about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagito Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 12 hours ago, Guest Ali said: he has Asperger’s 'Asperger's syndrome' is a harmful, ableist thing and is no more in the use. It was used to categorize autistic persons as 'worse' and 'better' ('low-' and 'highfunctioning' labels are harmful in the same way), also it has direct connection to a very bad person. 12 hours ago, Guest Ali said: I wanted to know if anyone had any insight to what might be going on Autistic persons see and interpretate things in other way than allistics and the chance that an autistic person is also arospec or in other LGBTQ+ part is higher. Personally I know more neurodivergent persons who are LGBTQ+ than neurodivergent cishet and there are also some who are both autistic and arospec. I'm myself both autistic and aromantic. If your friend is interested in reading about aromanticism, I recommend to show him the AUREA's site. If he's uninterested, there's no sense to continue the conversation about it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquishyWing Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I also have Asperger’s, and I would not be surprised if that played some part in my being part of LGBTQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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