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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PPs about not forcing anything.  If I could tell her anything though, it would be that she needs to be kind but very plain spoken to the other child.  The other child will miss many social cues and, as a result, do things that may be considered rude.  This can often be avoided if the NT person speaks plainly instead of dropping hints, expecting the ASD person to pick them up.  And the other thing is that sometimes someone with ASD will over-react to things that don't seem like a big deal.  It's because they have a hard time moving past the initial emotion to reframe the situation.  In cases like that, just being understanding at letting them express their emotion is often enough to help them move past it (obviously there should be limits to HOW someone expresses their emotion, but I think you get what I'm saying).

On the plus side, people with ASD tend to be straightforward to a fault.  They're not going to play middle school manipulation games.
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And I wanted to add, that in my experience plain speaking such as "forcibly" redirecting a conversation that would come across as rude to a NT person is likely to be well received by someone with ASD.  Not rudeness, of course, just really saying what you mean.  If they are only talking about Minecraft, it's perfectly fine to just say, "I'd rather talk about something else now.  What do you think about X?"
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