You guys have some interesting stories. I'm glad they turned out well for you. However, I wonder if anyone has experienced any kind of backlash to diagnosing in the form of passive-agressive reactions - I have dealt with these, I remember years ago that I was kept out of the loop on certain things (numerous instances w/in a certain time span, suggesting it was intentional), gossiped about (including a "rain man" moniker back in 2001), and more recently I dealt with false criticisms such as sending a report for review and certain petty changes such as adding line breaks or removing bullet points by the recipient were blamed on me, even though I had the submitted version showing such improper changes were not made. Just a covert way of saying, what was the old redneck expression? oh yeah: "I don't like your kind."
When/if you get certain behaviours that appear condescending, such as people speaking slowly or saying the same thing verbatim 3 times, it might be b/c they don't understand how to approach your condition and/or they never read a page on AS despite you having disclosed to them. You know that you are not a moron and do not have ADHD, you are very bright and focused, giving your undivided attention and commitment to the matter at hand - as those are the positive traits of AS - you just have clicnical difficulty reading nuances and subtext in speech. This is where you just have to be patient and realize that people are likely not acting that way on purpose. However you should be wary of any harmful gestures that make you feel like there is something wrong with you when you know it's the other person's problem, such as I've mentioned at the top.
21 Feb 2011, 3:21 pm
I didn't think of that.
