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"Math dyslexia" is officially called "dyscalculia." I don't have this, but I did a lot better in English and languages than I did in math.

When I think back, I actually think I am fortunate to have gone through school before AS or any other disorder was recognized. As it was, I was misdiagnosed as "hyperactive," and placed on Ritalin. That lasted only a short time because it did terrible things to me. I turned into a zombie.

Luckily, I had good teachers in first and second grade. I always was well ahead academically, but behind socially. I considered myself a nerd much of my life. I am not stupid, but I do some dumb things.

I'm in the same situation - adult, who perhaps has an ASD. I say perhaps, because I am not entirely sure as of yet, last year my disability advisor told me about it, as she suspects it is the case with me. However, I told her that all of the attributes could be explained by my dyspraxia, yet she said it could be the other way around. I researched it and although it explained my adolescent/early adult life, I wasn't sure about my childhood, and rationalised that my adolescent/adult difficulties could be owing to negative experiences instead.


I decided to talk to my family about it, I said that I didn't think my advisor was right because I didn't recall displaying any stereotypical behaviours associated with autism, however both my Grandmother and Father both said that I used to 'flap like a bird' and my mother has always suspected it due to the way I was as a child.


I also don't think I have a problem discerning emotions as I scored 27/36 on the emotion test by Simon Baron-Cohen and don't have any problem detailing a character's intentions - my English teacher said that I could be a writer.

Both emotional recognition and understanding intention are large parts of ASD and since I don't have a problem in either of these areas, I am rather unsure, if I do or not.

I am currently awaiting an appointment for re-assessment, which can only be a positive thing, because even if I don't fully have an ASD, I can at least get help with the difficulties I do have.

Consequently, I am interested in whether anyone else (when young) used to have an intense interest in all things Disney? Personally, I had an obession with everything to do with The Little Mermaid and would watch it over and over again. As a result, I was able (and still am) to sing the song 'Part of your World' and sound like the character exactly. When I sing it, the whole visual scene of the song plays in my mind, (even though I have not seen the film for years), like I am singing along with her.