Joanna Fortune: My autistic daughter is being excluded by friends 

"We all need friends in our lives, even though it might be challenging to find people who understand you, enjoy being with you and with whom you feel a genuine connection."

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My adult daughter has just been diagnosed with autism and is very upset. The worst thing for her is being excluded by friends and seeing them out without her on social media. She made no friends in college — one is in a different college doing her master’s and lives abroad. Should she try to meet one or two friends to tell them how she feels?

Making friends can be very challenging for some people and when you are a person living with neurodiversity, it can be even more so.