Do you disappear for days?

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Not physically, bec i have work commitments. however, i do have days, sometimes weeks, when i don't talk/contact my friends. they understand though, although i still feel guilty about it.

Well said! I agree totally

It's true. so true. I don't like that other people don't like or understand it and it has been so hard for the past year because I have been forced into two different living situtions with other people I didnt know well, and I would be feeling horrible and beating myself up in my mind constantly while i was in my room, by myself, loool. Yet, I did not want to go out there and be with them either. So to save oneself from a lot of unneeded unnecessary pain one really, really should be comfortable with who they are. If its who they are and not just a result of shyness or fear. Still shoudlnt feel bad about it or care too much about the opinions of others

Holidays are good. I personally like exploring places, like random streets or buildings.

I'm definitely like this. Although I work full-time and can't just pick up sticks and run away for a week, I can easily go a fortnight without talking to friends or family.
Apparently my friends (the few that I have) just assume that I'm hanging out with other friends (which I don't have).

I would travel more, but don't you travellers feel awkward checking into a hotel by yourself?

who said you need a hotel? Try making friends abroad, ask em for shelter for the night (if that doesn't bother em, warn em first). Or hum, get a tent and camp in the nearby woods outside town? ^^;

Yes, everytime I travel I never stay in a hotel. Traveling to all the bike races over a season, I have only ever stayed in a hotel once, all my team mates stay in hotels, I always camp out, or stay at someones house. A couple times I have stayed with amish families, who I didnt know, but invited me to stay with them, because I needed a place to stay that night. Talk about culture shock, no electricity and everything, but was just one of some awesome experiences I have had traveling. A hotel does nothing to stimulate the brain!

Exactly, i think that's part of going on an adventure. :p

In England wild camping is specifically prohibited by law! As for making random friends and just hopping onto their couch.... are you sure you're an aspie?

What does that have to do with being an Aspie? o.O

Like many aspies/auties, I'm not very good at making new friends or making small talk with people (especially new people). Surely you'd need to be good at those things before you can just meet new people and sleep on their couch or whatever?

Hrm, i don't recall saying you needed to make friends right away.... o.O :p

WOW, no camping in England, are you even allowed to hike threw the woods? is having fun prohibited also? I new there was a reason I have never been there. I walk out my back door and it is wilderness, but I know where ever you go in the US, you are not to far from a campground.

lol, I am pretty non verbal also, I think it is more of a thing that people trust bicycle racers. The way cycling culture is, you could not know anyone at the race (highly unlikley though), but it is like everyone is friends to each other. When I go out riding there are total strangers you might ride up to and it is like you are instant friends. I dont use the phone, so I usually get peoples e-mail, so that way if I ever going to be around there area, I can e-mail them in advance, see if they have a place to sleep.

As far as being aspie, I am more the hfa type. I got my diagnoses when I was 5, although I didn't get a autism diagnoses because I was misdiagnosed. They considered me "low functioning" as a kid, but today I would probably be considered a aspie or HF.

When I feel I am a burden to people, or if I feel people don't want me around, I will stay in my room for really long periods of time to rid them of me.

I can't leave the house because I have nowhere to go, but when I was younger I would run away and sleep by the nearby river for hours, and no person in my house would even notice I was gone.