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“I can't read faces the way people without autism can. I can't see a face and know if someone is happy or sad. Which is bad because people assume that I can, and they get angry when I don't understand how they feel." "Do you care how other people feel?" "Yes, but I don't always remember to check for it. Sometimes I'm busy worrying about my own feelings and I forget.”

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