do different people experice AS in different ways?

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That's cool. For me:

I don't like people

I don't like talking, I'd rather walk [in circles if that's all I can do]; the human face is ugly

What I like doing is...what I like doing

I think what we're seeing here, as other people have said, is simply a case of everyone being different. It's only natural that aspies are all different in some way.

I do have a problem with sarcasm, unless the person makes it really obvious, such as changing the pitch of their voice. I do tend to take things literally, unless I already know that what was just said is a figure of speech.

I have a few routines, but they're nothing major, most people don't notice the odd things that I do... except that I often rock when I'm in a chair.

I have an odd voice, sometimes I say the words so fast that they run together, and even I can't understand what I just said. I usually rehearse in my head what I'm going to say. before I say it, and even then I tend to get the words mixed up.

I do stim, yesterday I was having lunch with some family members and they picked up on it, and came to the conclusion that I was nervous, and therefore needed THEIR TOTAL AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION! Aaaaaaaargh! (but they're nice people)

I've never had a meltdown, but I do tend to "zone out" every now and then. I usually don't look at people when I speak to them and prefer to look elsewhere..

I'm very good with mental arithmatic, but I could never understand algebra or geometry.

As a side note, I was fairly good at school, but I always had trouble with one thing, and it became very obvious to me in my senior year: If I had a maths equation, and had to explain in words how I did it, I couldn't do it. Using English to describe maths never made sense and no matter how much teacher help I had, I struggled and this dragged my marks down. I had this problem in Biology as well, I would carry out an experiment, and write up my results, but my results might only take a couple of hundred words, and I was supposed to write a thousand or something like that.

Lol, I rambled on a bit.

Last edited by Pez201 on 10 Feb 2008, 9:23 am, edited 1 time in total.

Kris94, stereotypes are stereotypes. The fact that you might not be good at maths, or don't have sensory issues or a droning voive, to pick a few doesn't necessary and automatically exclude you from the spectrum. You might be there and might not, but having or not having a few traits here and there are not enough to warrant a definite.

cand stand light , natural or artificial
cant stand the movement like people walking about or heavy traffic
cant stand the sound of cars on a wet road
the sound of phone cables humming in the wind
high or very low sounds hurt and make me crazy.

socially i have no freinds, i never know what to say , i cant keep a conversation going.
when i talk about somethings i go on and on in a repetitive manner and i talk to loud and move about to much, i feel i cant explain things well. but then nobody gives me a chance.

i cant recognise people
i have a very bad short term or working memory, i forget what im going to say or type mid sentance... like i did just then.
i cant cook so have very basic and repetitive meals when i do ie burger and chips and pizza
i forget its in the oven till it burns

i have meltdowns over money and if someone is horrible to me
i have severe anxiety and depression
i stim when im stressed but also when im very sleepy or comfortable.
i obsess over things , but i dont have obsessive hobbies

and i cant rember any more , oh i have rubbish balance and personal hygene well who cares ?

i am a nice person , very non agressive and passive but i need things explained to me one at a time and in detail.

workwise i just cant cope, even though i have tried many times my work is never good enough . i cant do eye contact and i think i must work slowly even when im working as fast as i can
i dont have any special skills because i dont have much memory for learning things.

i do have a partner (4 years) but plenty of failed relationships prior to that.
i do have 2 children whom i love very much
i have agrophobia and no money so i am not a good mother because i cant do the things they want me to do or buy them stuff that they want.

i love reading the news on the internet and waiting for interesting threads to go up on forums and i obsessively refresh pages every few seconds .

i need help finding positive things about me as i dont have a personality really .

What prominent symptoms do I not have?

1. I am a hobby writer of purely fiction and although it does differ from stereotypical NT literature it's purely fictional and imaginative.
2. I'm fail at simple arithmetic.
3. I can do things best without thinking about them.
4. I have little interest for categories and characterising informations.
5. I have no motor difficulties. In fact, my finer motor skills were way above average in my childhood.
6. I don't have any real special interests.
7. I don't do any good at academics despite the above average intelligence.
8. I always know when I'm lied to (in the face). Always.

I am only average at math. My strengths are writing and languages.

I am not good with computers, except for writing and using the Internet. I don't know any sophisticated computer languages.

I don't have a monotone voice.

I have controlled my obsessions and only talk about them on the Internet.

I function reasonably well in life, even though I don't have a driver's license, something I intend to remedy in the near future.

I am not wildly popular, but I am liked.

I have a job I enjoy.