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Report | MBTI® type and neurodiversity
Autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Asperger’s syndrome
Autistic people may act in a different way to other people. They may find it hard to communicate and interact with other people and find it hard to understand how other people think or feel. Some may find things like bright lights or loud noises overwhelming, stressful, or uncomfortable, and get anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events. Some can take longer to understand information while some do or think the same things over and over.
Autism represents a spectrum of different behaviors. For most people, not all these issues will apply, and those that do will differ in their impact. Autism is now often referred to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for this reason. The term Asperger's (or Asperger’s syndrome) was in the past used to describe autistic people with average or above average intelligence but poor social skills. In practice it was largely synonymous with the wording ‘high functioning autistic’, a phrase now considered outdated.
Some of the strengths of people with autism can include:
- A high degree of attention to detail, precision, and accuracy.
- Memorizing and learning information quickly and retaining this accurately.
- In-depth expertise and knowledge in specific areas.
- Logical thinking ability; methodical and analytical.
- Punctual, rule-following, dependable, reliable, honest.
- Able to focus for long periods of time when motivated.
- Creativity, with a different viewpoint and novel solutions.
- Thinking and learning in a visual way, good sense of direction.
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When diagnosed I bought champagne!
I finally knew why people were strange.