Status Updates From Very Late Diagnosis of Aspe...

Original thinking
Protracted focus
Systemising ability
Truthfulness and sense of justice
Abstract thinking
Connection with nature
Ability to simplify complex issues
Attention to detail
Multidimensional thinking

With a diagnosis we can be more discerning about with whom we share our life.

Begin to understand why we have big ideas without the ability to materialise them.

If you have gone through your whole life thinking you are different from others, have been treated as an outcast or "less than", it is likely that you have partially internalised these ideas - Debra Moore

Derives from the Greek word autos, which means self. Driven by our special interests. Self absorbed in intellectual 'bubbles'
Clumsy
Quirky
Different
Naïve
In our heads

Problems that stem from our logical minds that have difficulty understanding and accepting illogical social norms, written and unwritten rules, and fashion statements

1. Knows I am different
2. Gets feedback and clues about ASD
3. pretends to be normal
4. reaches a tipping point of self identification
5. Madly researching everything ASD
Well it seems I've reached step 5 of a 9 step program.

"most have been misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia"(Michael Fitzgerald interview)... reminds me to ask about my aunt who lived at home with her parents until they died, then in a halfway house after that.