Introverts with autistic children?

[NightTimeRain]

Those of you that are introvert with autistic children how do you manage the stares and comments? I’m finding this harder as my child is getting older and behaviour becoming more challenging and stimming more noticeable (jumping, spinning etc) I did ask this on an autistic Facebook page but the comments were to either argue with people or join in and stim both things as an introvert I would rather not do. I’ve often ended up in arguments with people and I’m really trying to lessen the arguments as it’s not pleasant having an argument every time you go out

Well I mainly ignored anything that made me uncomfortable, the only time I would do anything is if DS bolted and got aggressive with another child in play. I would always tell the parent that he was autistic and apologise or get DS to apologise to the child. But this was when he was 2-3 not older.

Yeah I do ignore the stares but they are getting worse and my other children have started to feel uncomfortable with everyone staring at us all the time. It’s not even just stares they are literally gawping at us.

I mainly ignore the nonsense nowadays. I'm usually too busy trying to make sure dc is ok and safe. Occasionally I will make a sarcastic comment but mostly I just ignore.

You have to learn to ignore what other people are doing/thinking and remember they are nothing to do with you, your child and your life.
It's hard but eventually just learning to not give a f* about what other people think is very liberating.
Focus on your child and on you and whatever situation you are in - don't even think about anyone else. They aren't important.
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I had a pair of black sunglasses I used to quickly put on so nobody could catch my eye. People like you to see their disapproving stares and they move on quickly when you can't. I also had headphones I wore without any sound in them so I could blank people if they said anything and they assumed I couldn't hear them.

I still have the same issues with DS but have hit menopause now and for the first time I literally couldn't give a shit about what people say or think about us.