do rich,attractive,athletic aspie have it ''easy''

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I'm sure all rich, attractive and athletic people have it easier to some degree. There's a reason for this.

Anyone who has any of the 4 aforementioned traits will typically have an easier time in life and dating; not guaranteed success though.

Money makes it easier to stay away from the poverty line and the wealthy hardly ever have to worry about going into debt, unless they're very careless with their money.

Before I lost my money, my health, my youthful looking appearance, my really nice body [and these were all at the same time and was just as I came out as being autistic] my life was SO much easier. I was considered the attractive woman who looked 20 years younger than herself, a killer body, a saint who took care of "that sick and strange boy," a cruise and vacation hound, who was beyond sweet and had a quirky personality that just made her more adorable. Oh, and I was a great actress.

Then everything changed.My props all disapeared and I was treated horribly. Not only as autistic but by having the gal to fool them [how dare I] THey felt so strongly that I had been betraying them that that is when the lies about me faking breast cancer started.[ I live a a nudist resort, guys, they all so the drains, the masectomy scars, my hair falling out, my skin aging decades in months] Then I remembered how monstrously tortured I had been as a young person. And how I was currently being treated. And how, for all the years I had been accepted,it had been for disgusting, superficial reasons.

My number one concern is about my son's future, BUT so much of what I have been doing, the retreat, working on starting an autistic community, was triggered by my desire to protect him and other autistics from further suffering.[ and ultimately worth it a thousand times over]

I am crying as I write this. It has all been super difficult. But yeah, all those ridiculous props make a huge difference.

Wozerree; You always are so nice. And, I am happy. I get upset thinking about it, but, like I said, small price for realizing I needed to take action for, not only my son, but for the Autistic community in general.

Money, looks, humor, etc. will get you a head start when you're younger. But as we grow older our forced central coherence wanes, our Aspieness magnifies, and unless we find ways to be true to who we are while simultaneously being functional in the world, we will crash. None of us is exempt.

That being said, I'm glad I still have my hair.

I'm reading these posts and realise I have not experienced 90% of the problems some of you been through (particularly Callista and Vicky Glietz), I appreciate you are still positive enough to share with us on this forum.