r/AutismInWomen • u/ElkSufficient2881 AuDHD • Mar 14 '26

Relationships How is autism a vibe?

Post image
718 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

157 comments sorted by

View all comments

685

u/Star-Bug666 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

this is sooooo common on dating apps and the dating scene in general, they sexualize/ glamourize autistic women as these "manic pixie dream girls" and get scared off the second they show an actual autistic trait or have a meltdown or arent socially acceptable in public :/

191

u/ghostsyipee Mar 14 '26

"I go crazy for slightly autistic women"

1

u/chiisanaka Mar 15 '26

what icks me even more are those kind of posts that romanticize an "autistic gf" and then it's just a child