I'm 23 and I was diagnosed with Aspergers back in high school.
I only found out about this forum relatively recently, and I'm more of a lurker than a poster, so it was a long time before I joined.
I have some communication and social issues and am very nervous and can get overwhelmed. I'm surprisingly chill when it comes to meltdowns, being able to handle situations that are considered overstimulating and taxing even by non autistic standards without much problem in most cases. I tend to focus on my interests pretty intently, to the point of annoying others (talking about the same thing all the time, listening to songs I like over and over again, etc.). I have excellent direction sense and can navigate very well, but I can't remember street names at all. I'm slow at learning math but once I understand it I'm very very good at it, scoring consistently higher in tests than most others in my peer group. I'm also reasonably good with computers, and very good at writing, along with a lot of other skills. By most standards, I'd probably be seen as high functioning and doing very well... and yet my family, along with a number of (now ex) friends, consistently treat me like an idiot and a child.
Which I suppose is why I'm here. I'm not particularly social, but I'd like to have more than just two people to talk to that aren't completely awful.
27 Apr 2014, 11:22 pm
