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silly_rabbi
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15 May 2008, 9:41 am

I started hearing about AS a few years ago. It was something that boys "got" and no one had heard of a girl being diagnosed with it. Recently I read a ComputerWorld article about the incidence rate of AS in IT. Quite a bit of it sounded like stuff I did/still do. I won't go into the whole spiel about symptoms...because while fascinating to me, must surely bore others. :) So, quite frankly I'm here to learn about AS and especially how to deal with it. I am a lot better than I was when I was a kid (22 now), but there is still a lot of work I can do to fit in (job-wise at least), and also to keep myself healthy.

I have an interesting sense of humor (don't we all?), I have several current obsessions (ancient Egypt, astrophysics, space opera, folklore, etc) and will probably find more as the years pass. I love to read (but please don't ask me to find the symbols/themes in a work. I'll be confuzzled). I unintentionally make up my own words. I can be really rigid in thinking and can't flex at all beyond the literal definition of an idea at times. I have a strict moral code. If I post something, it will not be intended to hurt, and I will not lie (I'm horrible at it).

That's about it for now, thanks for reading,
SR


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15 May 2008, 9:42 am

Welcome to WP!


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15 May 2008, 10:08 am

Welcome to WP. There are a lot of aspie women on this forum, and from what I have gathered, many feel that there are just as many aspie women as there are men, but it is under-diagnosed among them.


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15 May 2008, 10:50 am

Nice to meet you, silly_rabbi


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15 May 2008, 1:03 pm

Hello and Welcome to WrongPlanet.