“What are you doing at break time?”

Posted by: alisrowe, August 6, 2023

Ambiguity can be a problem for autistic people.

The following scenario may give you an insight into an autistic person’s thoughts whenever a question that they find ambiguous is asked:

“What are you doing at break time?”

These are the words that cause the look of sheer panic on The Girl With The Curly Hair’s face during the Physics lesson at college!

She is sitting next to her classmate Sebastian who has attempted to strike up a conversation.

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