Jellybean wrote:
I too think that AS is often trivialised or seen as 'mild'. I don't feel like I have 'mild' autism at all. The only reason I have an AS diagnosis rather than HFA is because I spoke pretty much on time. Other than that I was quite severe as I spent all my time lining things up, spinning the wheels on toys, stimming and watching the same video over and over until it got worn out! I also made tube train noises when I was stressed to calm myself down. I think it is great that SOME people with AS can go off and live independent lives with a partner and possibly even kids, but that's something I will probably never have. I'm not bitter about that though, it's just the way it is.
I don't remember lining things up as a kid, but usually I listen to the same song over and over again until it got old. Sometimes when I was younger, I would rent the same movie over and over again (one time it was a movie about a resurrected cat or something).
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