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Asking Eric: I’m tired of nasty, rude comments neighbors make to me because of my neurodiversity
This 55 year old has autism spectrum disorder, and manages it well enough to be gainfully employed. Why are people in their complex giving them a hard time?
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5mAsking Eric: I’m over neighbors who keep making rude comments about my autism
Eric: You don’t owe anyone an explanation simply for living your life.
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5mAsking Eric: Will cutting 2 relatives out of my will cause a family rift?
Eric: This could be confusing for everyone. If there’s enough to go around, what’s the harm in leaving something to everyone as a gesture of your love?
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5mAsking Eric: Neighbors are cruel about my autism and it makes me furious
These comments come mainly from older men and it’s nasty and irritating.
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5mAsking Eric: Autistic resident puts up with more than a year of neighbor’s rudeness
People look at me funny and ask me if I’m ‘OK.’ When I ask them why, they say I appear ‘fidgety.’
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5mAsking Eric: Neighbors say I make them ‘nervous’ because Autism makes me fidget
For the past year and a half that I’ve lived where I am, I have faced nothing but rudeness from those around me.