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How does Asperger's Syndrome, if you have one, affect your social life?



How does Asperger's Syndrome, if you have one, affect your social life? Because for me it manifests itself in such a way that I often do things without asking others for their opinion.



I have had it since childhood, when I was afraid that my mother would not let me do something, I did not ask about it, I just did it and bragged about how something turned out well and if not, I swept it under the rug

I never liked to play in unnecessary "public consultations" , even as I should because I was a child, or it was the responsibility of someone higher in the hierarchy

People said I was cool, nice and helpful, but sometimes an a**hole

Once every year my mother sent me to a special summer camp for children with Epilepsy, ADHD, Turret, Down syndrome, Asperger's syndrome, etc.

It was a camp financed by our (Polish government) from the National Health Fund, a bit or even more than the British NHS, although in a poorer Polish edition )

When I was a child I was suspected of having ADHD and that was my official diagnosis until the age of 17 when I was finally and officially re-diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome

I didn't like going there at first because I didn't want to be among idiots, kids with Down's syndrome or cerebral palsy, I know it sounds terrible, but that's what I thought as a child and teenager, but my mother thought that I needed socialization and she was right, but also it was just for my mom and dad to have some time for themselves.



But in the end, I liked that camp due to other kids with Asperger and/or ADHD



But then I also noticed that others do not take me seriously, in the sense that they treat me like a child, because I was a child, but it seemed to me that my family gives more rights to people younger than me, that the more "grown-ups" are treated younger than me, so I stopped to ask anyone for any permission and to do what I wanted to do no matter what others think, so sometimes others thought I was an a**hole.

Sometimes when I work, I do not tell others that I have Asperger, although one of my bosses said that I do not have to be ashamed of it because she used to work with people with Asperger and they were great bosses and wonderful subordinates, she thinks that it is worth talking about, because then my assholnes has an explanation that we are sometimes cheeky and rude, but thanks to that others know that it is not done on purpose

I do not have a driving license, because I did not have to have one, because, in Poland, most cities and towns have very good public transport, and a similar standard in most European countries, not only in Poland. So I was thinking about getting a driving license and maybe a pilot's license, although it is very expensive for Polish conditions, I wonder if it is worth telling the doctor that I have an Asperger, after all, it may or may not be a prejudiced dick who has some f****d up ideas about Aspergers

It is a good idea to get a driving licence if you can. As long as you are safe to drive it is a good plan, even if you do not use it.