Cantu, who has autism, started looking online. She told BuzzFeed News that she was disappointed in the sites run by "non-autistics", or sites that separated Asperger's from autism.
"These sites either portrayed autism in a negative light, or grouped us together without showing that each of us is different," Cantu said.
Cantu and her mother decided to start Spectrum Singles, a dating site for people on the autism spectrum.
"We wanted to create a website that brought together people on the spectrum for dating and friendships, but also be able to differentiate people's spectrum traits," Cantu told BuzzFeed.
After taking the test, site members are given a color on the spectrum and a link that allows them to browse other singles on the same color.
Dating others on the spectrum takes the fear and anxiety out of dating for Cantu. Cantu told BuzzFeed that autistic people on a non-spectrum sensitive dating site are constantly worrying, "Do I tell them I'm autistic from the beginning? Will they still like me after they find out?"
"Because we all are autistic on the site, we can easily share each other's experiences that we may have difficulty expressing to non-autistics," Cantu said.
Spectrum Singles also has a Facebook community and a YouTube account with humorous videos about how to (and how not to) act when on a date with someone on the spectrum.
