I just started working on a manifesto on how my aromanticism and autism completely change how I form relationships with people.

My theory is that being detached from social conventions (especially romantic ones) completely changes how I feel toward people. My whole life I’ve struggled to understand the hierarchical platonic/romantic/etc relationship structure, and at this point I feel like it just doesn’t really describe my experiences at all.

I’m working on redefining a different basic structure of relationships in my manifesto that better reflects how I form them! I’m looking for research I should do on this topic but I’m not sure where to look, so any recommendations are welcome. And let me know if you relate to this struggle, especially other neurodivergent aros!