I'm not open about it. I'm VERY open about my anxieties to everyone, but not about the AS itself. I can hide my AS, and I'm still living in shame of it, and I just don't want other people to know my big shame. I'm like a lot of NTs - I prefer to push any weirdness about myself to the side and just enjoy what I can with other people (if I can), only expressing emotions that don't contribute specifically to my AS, and what could make other people just think ''oh she's a shy NT with anxieties''. I even say I have an anxiety disorder, which I do, but I never say I have an ASD.
The only people who DO know (and I'm happy to know) are:-
My doctor
My personal employment advisor
My personal employment helper
My closest relatives
My social worker
My counsellor
My employer in whichever job I will find
But I'm not happy with telling my employment advisor myself that I have AS. I find that very hard to do because I am ashamed of having it, so my personal employment helper is going to sort all that out, just so they already know what to expect before I start and then it won't have to be mentioned, just beared in mind.
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24 Feb 2012, 7:19 am
