What do you plan to do with overcoming your ASD?

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Well first I need a diagnosis.

It's taken a long & painful time for me to come to the realization there are things I can't do without suffering. It's taken several brutal breakdowns and a very understanding GF to finally change things in my life.

I'm lucky in the fact that if I have ASD it's not my worst problem ( at least that's my armchair diagnosis ) , anxiety & depression is what is killing me and if I can just get those under control I'd fair a lot better in life.

If I overcame whatever was wrong with me and became normal, I would:

Go to a tennis tournament, meet Denis Istomin and write his life story.

Wait, I could still do that. My interest in a player very few people have really heard of (but should know now after he defeated Novak Djokovic-major personal slam for Denis) immediately disqualifies me as "normal" to begin with, so I guess I have to do the best with what I was given.

I plan to continue raising awareness of Asperger's to my classmates and professors (my family has long been aware of my struggles and are somewhat supportive). I started raising awareness about 6 years ago. Initially it was difficult. But last year, when I discovered Daniel Wendler's Asperger's TED Talk it became significantly easier.

All I did was email my profs the TED Talk for them to watch and to post online on BlackBoard. The following day I would show myself as the person who requested the TED Talk to be posted. My profs usually gave me a few minutes to speak about the disorder in my own words. It made my community college life much more pleasant. Majority of my classmates would smile, nod, include me in discussions, allow me to practice my social skills and just make me feel welcome. I still have 2 more semesters left. I'll keep on sharing the TED Talk.

I also joined an Autistic Club at my community college for several months. I was able to practice my social skills there as well.

I think I've done more than enough. Now it's the world's turn to overcome its blindness. Hence, all my future goals are geared toward raising awareness and creating ASD-friendly spaces.

Not trying to overcome ASD - more always trying to improve on my own weaknesses. As a neurodiverse person I've got specific weaknesses to work on.