CriminalxMinds @ LJ

Like I said, I've rarely shaken hands. It's incredibly odd to me. If people I know don't hug then they don't touch, generally. It's never hurt me, but on the rare occasions I have shaken hands, the shaker doesn't grasp very firmly. It's almost like you hold their hand and then drop it. I don't tend to read social signals very well, though, so maybe other people have gone to shake my hand, but I haven't recognized the special signal.It just seems to me that a social gesture wouldn't involve pain unless it was a dominance display, like one dog biting another when they first meet. I've read books that have used it as a dominance display, but I kind of took it along the lines of stuff like, "flashing eyes", as in cool, but not exactly common.

Does physical contact hurt ALL autistic people? Or is it just one of many symptoms/signs that can crop up? I have a friend who's autistic(Asperger's) that I have to remind myself not to hug, but he just seems to be uncomfortable with it, not pained.