An illustration of a circle. Many arrows are shown on the outside of the circle pointing clockwise. A title caption reads, “The Autistic Vicious Social Circle:”. At each hour location on the circle there is a caption. The captions read, “Join a new group.”, “Mask in order to be accepted.”, “Establish a common interest.”, “Discuss the common interest.”, “Enjoy being with friends.”, “Get more comfortable.”, “Start to unmask.”, “Receive criticism for behavior.”, “Become distressed by lack of acceptance.”, “Try to make up for it.”, “Get rejected.”, “Leave group.”.
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