I landed on this site by chance today. I was looking up some info on local AS support groups to answer an ad in a local newspaper when I ran across this site. I learned about AS 3 years ago. At the time I was desperately trying to figure out what the heck was "wrong" with me. I'd been diagnosed with Social Anxiety disorder but that just didn't seem to fit entirely and it didn't explain everything else. Anyway, to make a long story short I ran across information on AS. As I read it everything just started fitting together and suddenly I was making sense to myself. I shared the info with my husband and my parents and they all agreed this seemed to fit. My mother said this would explain a lot of my behavior as a young child. It's nice to finally know exactly where I fit in the world.
I was 21 when I learned of AS. I'm 24 now. I've been married for 6 years to a man who doesn't have AS but who shares a lot of the traits. I'm currently not working. I had been working as a technical writer in the insurance industry. But due to a change bosses I had to resign. The new boss put far too much pressure on be to be normal and social and unlike my other bosses, could not embrace my eccentricities. I'm currently trying to decide whether I want to be a psychologist or a musician. I'm fascinated by psychology and neurology probably because of my AS. But I am naturally talented at music and play the flute, saxophone, clarinet and piano. Whatever I finally decide to do I'm hoping to start college soon.
My husband and I share our home with 8 cats and a golden retriever. We like to play games, go for hikes, watch educational tv and read.
I'm not one to socialize much so I don't know how often I'll be on here but I look forward to meeting everyone. This looks like group of nice/accepting people.
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18 Apr 2005, 6:44 pm
