What are the advantages and disadvantages of autism

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Quazar
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14 Aug 2012, 5:23 am

the title says it all

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14 Aug 2012, 6:26 am

Super intense emotions both positive and negative.
Amazing logic and commonsense.
Truthfulness.
Creative ideas.
Special interests.

Burnout
Overstimulation
Sensory difficulties
Social difficulties
Communication difficulties

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14 Aug 2012, 10:23 am

Advantages: None
Disadventages: Everything

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14 Aug 2012, 1:23 pm

All true.

There is always a trade off, some greater than others.......

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14 Aug 2012, 1:54 pm

For me:
pros:
- super-sensitivity to light, color and patterns - good for my photography passion
- and helps me in my work (bird-watching, animal tracking)
- creativeness
- I love to learn, and I'm learning really fast
- I'm emotionally self-sufficient - people needs a lot of "friends" to feel good (as far as I see), I can be happy in "party of myself"
- scientific/logical approach to world - no "faith", no superstitions, none of this crazy things

cons:
- MELTDOWNS! worst of the worst
- prone to depression
- extremely low self-esteem
- social phobia
- angst
- exhaustion after ANY social contact
- shutdowns
- inability to create/maintain relationship
- over-sensitivity to noise and scents

and hundreds of other problems

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14 Aug 2012, 1:57 pm

Pros:
- great powers of concentration (I can work on a project for several hours on end if I get into it)
- I march to the beat of my own drum. I don't think I could do this if I could perceive what people think about me
- logical creative mind, a different perspective from which to solve problems
- I have the focus necessary to be good at what I do (art and music)
- I think my sensory sensitivities also give me a good ear for music.
- I keep my cool in emotional/intense situations
- I can learn things quickly

Cons:
- it's really hard for me to develop anything beyond acquaintances
- I'm definitely not what people expect from a young woman. This causes some setbacks, romantically speaking
- All I can really understand is verbal communication and basic expressions in conversation. I'm missing A LOT.
- I can't give people the emotional support they need, just logical solutions
- I can't give adequate eye contact to even one person without being tired afterwards.
- I recently learned that my "default" body language tends to make me look nervous, shifty, and arrogant. Nothing could be further from the truth (except for being nervous).
- I get sensory overload easily and need lots of recharging time, both as an introvert and an aspie

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14 Aug 2012, 2:09 pm

GreenShadow wrote:

What kind of employer do you have- who pays you to birdwatch, and to track animals?

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14 Aug 2012, 2:47 pm

Joe90 wrote:

Advantages: None
Disadventages: Everything

Are you sure there are no advantages, at all, in your case ? Anything, you are able to do and do well with positive outcomes ? It does not really matter how significant society thinks these abilities are....

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14 Aug 2012, 3:18 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

GreenShadow wrote:

What kind of employer do you have- who pays you to birdwatch, and to track animals?

This type which needs field-biologist

so all my employers paid me for birdwatching, tracking wolfs, counting frogs or finding rare species of mushrooms (just some of the since programs in which I participated)

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14 Aug 2012, 4:43 pm

TheSunAlsoRises wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Advantages: None
Disadventages: Everything

Nope - there's nothing good about my AS. All the things I can do are things what anyone can do. I know NTs who can play the piano too.

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14 Aug 2012, 4:56 pm

Joe90 wrote:

TheSunAlsoRises wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Advantages: None
Disadventages: Everything

Nope - there's nothing good about my AS. All the things I can do are things what anyone can do. I know NTs who can play the piano too.

You are among a rare breed. The average person does not play an instrument much less the piano. And, no two people play an instrument exactly alike, so I'm willing to the BET your autism may add a little something, something THAT you may not be aware of.

Thanks for sharing.

*Note: It's not necessarily the fact that Non-Autistics can do what Autistics can do, it's to be expected. It's the uniqueness of the individual who makes the art their own that counts.

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15 Aug 2012, 2:20 am

Pros and cons for me.

Pro: I have more fun working than most people have f*****g.

Con: I have more fun working than most people have f*****g.

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15 Aug 2012, 10:17 am

Yeah must people seem to be very lucky.

I have yet to find something advantages.

Disadvantages is everything in life.

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15 Aug 2012, 10:27 am

I could probably name about five or six qualities that would be seen as positive, given about half an hour thinking time.

Disadvantages however, hit me instantly and repeatedly and I could list about a dozen within 30 seconds.

So it's not so much what's on the list, just how I view my 'differences' in the first place.

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