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Hi everyone,

My name is jason, I was first diagnosed as high functioning autism when I was three, and later on didnt find out about Asperger's syndrome until my teens. Most of my life I had been able to squeak by socially, maintaining very few friends, never more than a handful, usually less. Anyway to get to my point, during those years I never really reached out to the aspergers community. I am now twenty years old and I am finding the transition between high school and college to be a difficult one. Most of my life I sort of felt like I was all alone with the difficulties I was struggling with, sort of bordering on outcast because no one could relate to them, which made me feel the need to conceal them from the outside world. I was hoping that through this site I could meet others like me who had similar experiences, and maybe be able to meet a few people who I could relate to.

Hi Jason! It's cool to see another new person from upstate NY here. I just joined with the same goal in mind. I think a lot of us can relate to feeling like an outcast when others can't relate to and empathize with what we're going through. And I understand completely how difficult the transition into college life can be sometimes, but it gets a lot better.

So anyway, just thought I'd say hi and welcome. Maybe I'll ttyl. Cheers.

hi Jason, welcome, you'll find very nice people in here

Hi!

My name is Jason also, and I will be 20 in one month!

I understand, some people have abnormal interests that make them seem like outcasts. I guess that's just something we have to deal with.

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Welcome to WP Jason.

I feel the same as you but I went from education into the fulltime workforce and all my inadeqaucies were exposed.
The few friends that I have dont understand me much so I avoid social outings with them when I can. The stress of pretending to be outgoing is a little too much for me.

I hope you enjoy these forums as much as I do