https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjCT661NR_s
Adam Harris: "I think what was critical for me was that A, I was comfortable and I was extroverted, so I could talk to people, but B, the invitations kept coming, and I can't emphasize enough how important this is, because often what can happen over time is people over time will become isolated. So they're included when they're younger, but then maybe they will annoy people because of the way they do things,
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or people just presume that (s)he doesn't want to participate, so over time, these inviations dry up, and all of sudden, as the person becomes ready to socialize, they have no options."
I haven't watched it yet, but Adam Harris has an hour-long presentation up on YT as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIkI8AJoPnQ
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