2026 07 27 Aq Eq Srs2 Calibration

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Nathan shared three filled-in screening forms on 2026-07-27. The intent

1. Relationships are fluid — friendship/romance boundaries blur; partners are "designated humans"; labels matter more than behavior. 2. Neurotypical + cis/heteronormative scripts are exclusionary; explicit relationships (anarchy, poly, kink communities) are more accessible. 3. Online dating is "the neurotypical world on steroids" — useful for filtering, hostile in interface. 4. Mutual neurotype understanding is the strongest predictor of comfort.

Ciric, White, Allison-Duncan, Maloney, Gillespie-Smith (2025). "It's quite difficult to put Autistic relationships in a box": A qualitative exploration of romantic relationships in gender and sexually diverse Autistic adults. Autism, 30(3), 682–694. DOI: 10.1177/[credit-card]. PMC: PMC12923615.

AQ above cut-off + EQ at population mean + SRS-2 subclinical = textbook masked-autistic profile. Subjective social fluency at 19 was achieved by learned scripting; the AQ reads the underlying wiring as autistic-coded.

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  1. Source paper Ciric, White, Allison-Duncan, Maloney, Gillespie-Smith (2025). *"It's quite difficult to put Autistic relationships in a box": A qualitative…
  2. Source paper Hermeneutic-phenomenology interview study, n=16 UK-based gender/sexual minority Autistic adults (ages 20–46, mean 28). Four themes:
  3. Source paper 1. Relationships are fluid — friendship/romance boundaries blur; partners are "designated humans"; labels matter more than behavior. 2. Neur…
  4. Source paper The paper's findings intersect Nathan's profile at the operational point the paper names: someone who has learned the surface scripts, doesn…
  5. Profile signature AQ above cut-off + EQ at population mean + SRS-2 subclinical = textbook masked-autistic profile. Subjective social fluency at 19 was achieve…
  6. Calibration errors caught handwritten annotations. The first response reported the forms as blank. That was wrong. The forms are filled in; the annotations live on a…
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