Autistic people have different reactions to the situations and events of both family and friends. They both can be the same and they both can be different. No matter what happens in a group of people, the one's with autism will have either a good or a bad reaction. Let's see the answers to these events. 

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Let's talk about family first. What are the good things that a family can help those that have a family member with autism? Visiting and making that person comfortable, being nice and using the best of your kindness, don't put them on a spot that makes them upset, don't ask too many questions, get them involved and make them feel special, and be patient with them. That person will feel more confident to speak, act, and have fun with the entire family. He or she will be braver to see family more often which is also good practice for talking and hanging with people in general. It feels good to see a happy face for someone that is related to you.

 

What are the bad things that a family would do to a person with autism? Yelling and swearing at them, abuse, causing drama in general, putting them on the spot of guiltiness or blamed for nothing that they didn't do, being messed with, pushed and shoved, treat them like crap, forcing them to do things they don't want to do, lying to them, telling others about bad lies about you, teasing, and scaring them. What would happen is trouble upon the abuser and the autistic person because who is the one that is right and wrong? The autistic will cry, hold onto a pet, stare into space trying to ignore everything, being shocked and can't move, run away and maybe never ever come back, or the worse is suicide upon them. It is depressing to see an emotional face that is related to you in some way.

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Friends are kind of in the middle of good and bad. Let's talk about the good stuff. Those people need to be nice to autistic people. Cheer them up, help them out, and support them. Then those people will gain your trust to be your friend and if it all works well exchange phone numbers if possible in order to hang out and plus hopefully you're in the same school. The bad stuff is that a friend might joke around about something personal that affects the one with autism and hurt them emotionally and might not help them when they need help to get through things like classes, work, chores, and etc.

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