I'm hoping she just got nervous and started making horrible jokes. I have a friend like this and she once made a joke about her brother being autistic in front of the mother of an autistic child (I think it was like "Oh, well it's great to see that he's doing so well. You know, we used to think my brother was autistic." cue nervous laughter). She began to immediately apologize while the mother gave her a bad look (as did I) but she said that it was alright. I could tell that it was a genuine mistake because my friend was born without the ability to filter her speech. I have a feeling she too was born without a speech filter.
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I'm hoping she just got nervous and started making horrible jokes. I have a friend like this and she once made a joke about her brother being autistic in front of the mother of an autistic child (I think it was like "Oh, well it's great to see that he's doing so well. You know, we used to think my brother was autistic." cue nervous laughter). She began to immediately apologize while the mother gave her a bad look (as did I) but she said that it was alright. I could tell that it was a genuine mistake because my friend was born without the ability to filter her speech. I have a feeling she too was born without a speech filter.