"Outgrowing" Aspegers

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I have gotten better over the years. I was worse as a kid and you could definitely tell I had something because kids thought I was ret*d and I also got picked on because they knew I was different. Now my mom says no one will ever guess I have a disability or that I have something wrong with me.

But my husband said he could tell there was something different about me when we first met. He had a feeling.

I also feel my sensory issues get worse at times because my clothes will all of a sudden feel scratchy on me.

I don't think I have 'outgrown' AS so much as having 'grown into it' as in learning to fake my way through some social games, however the real breakthroughs have been since diagnosis and self awareness, I haven't had a full blown meltdown in over a year, I expect less of myself socially and am more relaxed about not understanding the game etc...
The sensory issues are all still there but now I understand them, the sleep issues are still there but now I just lie awake and think instead of feeling stressed and frustrated, I am relaxed about avoiding the telephone, I don't care if people think my avoiding eye contact is 'shifty' - get to know me and we may get there! and loving animal company more than human is just how I'm wired not weird.

peace j

I have changed quite a lot since I was a kid, I've just been getting better and better. I do honestly think I will eventually grow out of it enough for the diagnosis to no longer be valid. I'm quite close to what the DSM will soon call "sub-clinical".