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I’m 38, partnered, and a mother of one son. I had never heard of Asperger’s until about five years ago after scoring high results on an evaluation on Schizoid personality disorder…it was suggested at that time, because although I have many traits of SPD it doesn’t “quite fit”, or so I was told.

I am never pursued anything further, and not sure I want to, although I have most all of the traits. I am happy in my “world” and for the most part I think I function pretty well. I am very much a loner, and dislike social interaction, which my partner does not understand at times.

I like numbers and if everyone was assigned one I would do a lot better at remembering probably…because I am awful at names , I am always picking out patterns or shapes in things, wood paneling, clouds. My father used to keep me occupied by handing me a screwdriver and a broken clock. I would set fascinated for hours just taking it apart. He and I were a lot alike and collected a great number of things together and shared the same interests. I like to say he was a “detail” person like I am, we spotted things most people missed, and dwelled on them longer. I did very well in school, but dropped out in high school partly because I could just not “fit in” and partly because of health problems (I had severe IBS, and was getting teased quite a bit).

I remember trying out for cheerleading because everyone else did… and finding out it was impossible for me to keep rhythm. LOL I am a bit on the clumsy side, and don’t keep too many breakables around due to that fact.

I couldn’t sleep if my mother re-arranged my bedroom, chopped the tags out of every piece of clothing I owned…and preferred for the most part doing things by myself. I hate talking on the phone… I go blank. I like routine, and can get unsettled when someone disrupts it.

I see a few of my “quirks” in my son who is now 6…but for the most part he seems “normal” (is there really such a thing?), and he is doing very well in school.

Any other parents here? I've been reading posts for awhile...I can relate to so many of them. Like finding more of "me".

Welcome! There are lots of parents here. I'm not one of them, but maybe I will be someday. By the way, how did you find the site?

Alex...I stumbled along it awhile back searching for more info on Asperger's. I became curious to learn more after being told by SO's family for the millionth time that I am "just not normal". LOL

When 8 or 9 years old, my older child used to go to garage sales to pick up old clocks and phones to take apart. It was very cheap to keep him amused....

Welcome, Beenthere!

BeeBee

My younger brother used to take things apart when he was little. (He has a few aspie traits) We just thought he was really smart and talented and had good technical skills. He's good at auto-body repair and my father is an auto-body repairman. You can use your talent toward something that would make a good career. I'm very detailed too, to a fault and it sometimes gets in the way of me learning something new. Don't think of yourself as "weird". You're full of gifts and are an original, not a copy of everyone else.

I love to take things apart..... Welcome been there!