What's noteworthy about your ASD?

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Grandin was also able to influence more "pragmatic" people who were involved in agribusiness.

She’s changed many of the most heinous practices of the CAFOs - mainly by showing them how basic decency can save them money. In a way, she’s a perfect example of how autistics can be both extremely empathetic and practical. She’s a regular at CompostCon, and lectures and produces books on how smaller, organic or free-grazing operations can better manage their herds.

Yep....a really accomplished individual. And was classically autistic as a young child. Then, she became more "Aspergian" as time went on.

I was also classically autistic when very young, more "Aspergian" as I aged. I never had the visual acuity and flexibility of Ms. Grandin, though.

Looking over my life, I feel like I’ve become gradually less “Aspergian” over time as well. Do you think this is common? Are we dealing better with our symptoms, or is it that we created more supportive, comfortable environments for ourselves?

I think it depends on the person.

As for me, I have become less "Aspergian" mainly through life experience. A more supportive environment in some instances also assisted, though not to the extent of life experience.

In other people this could be reversed.

Back to the main topic!

** hides face in embarrassment **

I can’t be the only one who did this... I hope...

When I was a little girl, I thought all objects had feelings. I’d hug my backpack. Mom had to take out the garbage when I wasn’t around, because I would cry with sympathy for the unwanted, unloved items. The Rudolph Christmas special with the “Island of the Misfit Toys” broke my heart every year! I remember being really emotional when my parents traded in their car.

I’m much better now, though I get a little sad pulling out dying plants and I hate killing off characters. I had a really annoying alien minor character I didn’t like that I had intended to kill off, but at the last minute I relented and had him escape into the woods instead. The little bugger was popular, several readers asked me what happened to him, so I said he went off to law school.

I used to think puddles felt cold when it was windy. I felt sorry for the puddles. I was 16 years old at the time.

I wonder if plants feel it when you "transplant" them. They are living things.

definitely

I almost cried when I had to get rid of a car once.....

I think of auto mechanics as being "surgeons" in a sense.

If we feel privileged enough to harp on our deficiencies, it is only fair that we, also, should feel privileged enough to extol our virtues.

I couldn't possibly answer this honestly without sounding incredibly arrogant.

We have the power, sometimes, of intense focus---which can lead to great things.

Thank you for sharing that! I feel less alone!

Some plants are more ‘with it’ than others. I had a sage seedling that burned its leaves - twice - by brushing against a grow bulb. He’s obviously not one of my more gifted specimens. My tomato plants could care less about getting transplanted repeatedly, while carrots never quite recover and have to start outside as seeds. Bean plants are aggressive. They’ll use extra effort to reach out from their own beanpole to invade the neighbors’.

Guitars.
Sometimes I feel like I can hear my guitars crying if they are in their cases not being played.
Part of why I don't like having more than one at a time. I get overwhelmed trying to give them all the attention they deserve.
I don't think I could ever work in a music shop.

I'd be interested to hear about your noteworthiness and I'm sure a little arrogance will be forgiven here.
Please tell us?