Watching this has made me so angry at how hard it is to deal with all of those things at once and never knowing before why it was such a stressful situation, especially with people who weren’t my closest friends. Thank you for making it so clear. Especially the part where everyone wants to have table banter but I’m still trying to figure out what on the menu I’m willing to eat and how much it costs and if it’s something I eat weird. Nobody’s ever said it right until I watched this.

I don't go to restaurants because there's expensive and unhealthy.

I'm autistic too and I don't really like restaurants either their normally quite noisy with music and bright lights. The music in restaurants really distracting and overwhelming. Why can't restaurants become autism friendly by simply turning the music off or play relaxing music at low level, dim the lighting have comfortable seating, train the staff to become more understanding of autism. Like I went to a restaurant recently I was only in there 5 min because the music they were playing was very distracting me from concentrating on the menu. I the only pub I mostly go to is Wetherspoons because there is no music and no bright lights, so I can concentrate and relax more and not get overwhelmed. And the only restaurant I alright going to is cote brasserie because the music is relaxing and at low level so I could concentrate on reading the menu more than I do with other restaurants. I'm based in the UK so we have different restaurants to other countries. But at least I'm not alone. I'm not the only autistic person who don't like restaurants

Restaurants can be a minefield!