Specific examples of discussion threads are not absolute indicators on what is important to the Asperger community (I prefer not to “split hairs” in defining where personal interests end, and where the Asperger community’s interests begin).
Naturally, we focus on those priorities on the top of our to-do lists. We may (or may not) find the time to reassess those priorities lower on our lists, in order to determine what tasks deserve to be moved higher-up on our to-do lists.
Important things get overlooked, it is what it is! There can even be that value in rediscovering overlooked things.
With Aspergers, it’s natural to overlook, and avoid what is happening in the community around us. Even though Aspergers is associated with rigid routines, yet it can (at times) be a welcome break to get away from the “same old same old,” and develop new interests that are not yet another area of rigid focused interests.
It’s a healthy challenge to develop flexible interests reflecting the interests of people around us, even if others interests don’t quite reflect our own (difficult challenges with Aspergers); that is boosting involvement in the world around us in both our online routines, and especially in the physical world offline, away from the presence of the Internet
Personal growth is a common pattern with Aspergers; that is those personal decisions (without nudging from others) to “step out of our comfort zones” into new environments.
In short, it’s unnecessary to over-analyze what is valued, overlooked, or not important at all. Our “sixth senses” tell us to make the time to “let it happen!”
Thank-you
02 Mar 2017, 10:49 am
