Who on WP is proud to be on the spectrum?

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I'm very proud I have AS. I know it has it ups and downs but it has it great points so I would I change it.

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I don't really see much point in being proud of things about me I had no choice in.

I agree with kx250rider. However, in some odd way, I do feel blessed to be in the spectrum; blessed in a big picture sort of way, that is to say, in the long term. In contrast, I admit I feel cursed in the present moment -- in the "little picture" kind of way.

It's my conclusion, despite many atheist/non-christian aspies, that being in the spectrum is the closest thing to having a free ticket to heaven.

"Those who loves their life will lose it, but those who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life" --John 12:25 (AV7)

"If you [aspies] were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world [is creeped out by] you." -- my adaptation of John 15:19 (AV7)

I'm not proud per-se, but I for one would say I'd be the sort of person I am today without it; I probably wouldn't be good at the things I'm good at, or be as unique for that matter.

The more I think about it, the more those words make sense to me, but nevertheless, I wouldn't trade my High-Functioning Autism for anything.

i was not responsible in any way for the fact that i have AS.
i do not think that AS is a better way to be than non AS.

i never think about my AS except when i am posting on this site.


i do not think in terms of identity, i just plod along through my day and i react in my natural way to every situation that presents itself to me, and i do not ruminate about my reactionary performance, and i am not interested about anything i did at any time before the present.

i am getting ready to go to bed and i have no interest in speculating about how i acted today. the past is gone. i live in the present and what has happened before the present is not of interest to me,

i do not have the capacity for feeling "pride" or it's opposite "guilt"

what is happening in this instant is what i am conscious of, and i do not adjudicate my existential performance even in this instant let alone in previous instants.

i am quite instinctive in how i behave and i am happy that i do not attract the attention of police, but beyond that i do not care.

i just want to be left alone and live my life without affecting anyone else.