I'm Glad I'm Aspie TODAY Because ....

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There is a teacher that works with the elementary school rugby club I coach (it hasn't started yet). He and his wife had a baby boy this summer. My team-mate, who's wife is a teacher there, emailed me saying that the baby had just had heart surgery, and he suggested that we send flowers from the team.

My reaction was that it creeped me the heck out. I pictured a card with the flowers, and one side said Get Well Soon, and the other said Deepest Condolences. Flip as appropriate.

We decided to get a little stuffed animal instead. The baby is doing fine, by the way.

I'm glad I'm aspie TODAY because my cognitive empathy is sometimes better than reflex empathy.

I went on my usual training run, and one of the things I do is accelerate for 3 steps, with high knees, and then coast for 4 steps, and repeat this for 1/4 to 1/2 mile.

But I was realizing (finally) that it must look really dorky to people watching.

I'm glad I'm aspie today because looking dorky isn't an issue I worry about.

...because of my math skills

Well my sister fell and injured her back (it was already injured just hurt it further) well this time (instead of sharp pain etc.) SHE COULDN'T MOVE!! !! !! I smiled and walked out the door with my mom to the place she fell then to the hospital after she was stable I went back and chatted with her (YA ME!) Mom in tears upset. The only downside is me being literal! LOL! 1) Paralyzed neck down/waist down (LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE AGAIN and sees her back doctor on Friday!! !) 2) She pulled a muscle (that's what my sister thanks happen) and truthfully lets be honest just like me with my bad knee IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME! (In her case injury to the point of paralysis mine bone gutting out and bleeding (It's the TRUTH!) YA BEING ASPIE I was calm and level headed although smiling gives off the wrong impression LOL! (Better than being in tears when I don't know what's wrong with her now blood screaming in pain THAT'D BE A WHOLE NOTHER STORY!)

I'm glad to be an Aspie today because I often can give another perspective to things without much thought.

My boyfriend last night was freaking out because his teacher did a tutorial on a program that he was assigned to use over the weekend. When he messaged me venting about how annoying and frustrating the program is, I reminded him that if he even gets half of the assignment done, he will probably still be better off than most in his class. I reminded him that a lot of people who own computers don't necessarily KNOW how to use them, and a lot of people may be like me and need hand over hand help learning something new. He didn't feel so bad after that.

I'm glad I'm aspie today because my stims make me look all hip-hop.

anxiety25: Your avatar reminds me of when when I argued with my teacher about the difference between the slope of the line on the blackboard and the slope of the function it represented (axes not to scale).

As PIE in the SKY topic (Yum!)

I was focused and determined to fix my forever-breaking-down computer, yet patient with my old clunker that has served me well these past 8 years!!

I visited my mom today, and fixed her computer and some plumbing, and then we visited for an hour too long and I was reaching my limit. Just as I was about to leave my brother called, and the three of us were on the phone for an hour, and it was nice to hear from him, but it was the phone, and my bother was faint and my mom was loud, and I was sketching out and ready to scream by the time I escaped.

I was driving home and it was late and I knew my partner would have dinner for me and he would be all supportive but I just wanted to be ALONE.

Then I saw this new pedestrian bridge. It was a really cool suspension design, with glass sides, and the lighting was dramatic and understated, and everything was Exactly Right. Suddenly I was really happy and all the anxiety went away.

I'm glad I'm aspie today because looking at a bridge can make everything OK again.

I'm glad I'm Aspie today,
because I like myself and I'll go on using my determination and focus to never give up on myself and my ability to find useful solutions to my everyday problems.

I'm glad I'm Aspie because I was exempted from preparing and giving a presentation in front of my entire senior class

i am not "aspie". i have asperger syndrome.

how can i be glad or sad
about something i have always had?


i am as i always have been and there is no novelty for me in my diagnosis.

i do not blame or congratulate my AS for anything that happens in my life.

I’m glad I’m an Aspie today because a coworker told a client “don’t thank me, thank Josh. He’s the one that actually figures this stuff out. The rest of us are just smoke and mirrors”.

anxiety25,

I'm not sure I have ever been able to laugh over anything math related before, but your avatar sent me into hysterical spasms. Probably because I am currently in a math class that is making me a little crazy; but that is perfect and totally matches my initial response to some of the questions posed. *must not be snarky when answering math related questions...must use control...*

duke666 wrote:

I'm glad I'm aspie today because my stims make me look all hip-hop.

anxiety25: Your avatar reminds me of when when I argued with my teacher about the difference between the slope of the line on the blackboard and the slope of the function it represented (axes not to scale).

Unfortunately, I know very little about math so really am not sure what that means, lol. I've always been a bit behind when it comes to maths

I was getting ready to buy a ticket for the BART train this morning and a guy came up to me and said he wanted to sell his ticket, which he said had $3.85 on it, because he didn't have money for the MUNI bus. There wasn't a convenient way to check the amount on the card, but he seemed sincere. So I gave him $3.85 for the ticket. It worked to get me in, but I didn't find out until I got off the train at the other end how much was on it. It was $3.85.

I'm glad I'm aspie today because trusting people feels good.

Oh! Aspie day!! topic

My dogged determination (bordering on obsession) helped me to find a lost article.