Does anyone take you seriously?

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I might be one of the few people on here that hasn't had too many issues with my family. The only person who doesn't take me seriously is my father, and I haven't spoken to him since my birthday (four months ago).

There was no Asperger's when I was growing up... so... my whole life with my family I was the IP... the identified patient. I never had a normal conversation with my father. Everything I said, or that I was interested in was picked apart. My father thought I had no discipline and it was his duty to teach it to me. So I would have chores, and then inspections... like you, I never did an even satisfactory job. But the hard part is that I couldn't ask a question without it being turned around onto me with a "Why is that interesting to you?" kind of reply.

My dad and his side of the family do not take me seriously at all. However they still expect me to live a normal life, get a job, and everthing that a non-aspie would do without any problem. I just ignore them. It's hard but instead of trying to convince my family I don't understand everything they do and I have trouble in the areas that they find easy, I just surround myself with people that understand me. I have friends that have the same problems as me and it works. Unfortunately, you can't change how they view you. I am going to college and doing thigns that I thought were impossible for a person with problems that I have, but my family still thinks I should do more.