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[quote=Anonymous]My sister is like this- very literal/high functioning autism so it's not meanspirited/gossipy (she actually hates behaviour like that). Its just that she 'tells the truth' and doesn't have that awareness that just because you a) know something and b) it is true, that you should not c) state it to other people so that they have all information.

She knows when to stop talking if she starts to say something she shouldn't, but she can't lie (acts weird if she needs to) and literally will get a sentence almost all the way out before she stops herself eg "Larla probably won't come because she-" (hates that person) or "No, we can't come by- (because I'm not supposed to know that we are having a surprise party).  And she is so honest that this is when people will go in for the kill to drag info out of her.

I've told her to stop getting herself trapped and to only offer info/respond to questions about HER, not others. Over her lifetime she has gotten better about 'how conversations work' but Lord, elementary/high school and university were exhausting in trying to teach her the complexities.[/quote]

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