Resources for adults on the autism spectrum
At the age of 60, it is difficult to look at your life and pick from it those behaviors that are due to Aspergers and those that are not. I’ve been Aspergers all my life but I was just diagnosed in Dec. 2014, so the last year has been a year of revelations Let me try to identify for you, dear reader, a few of my recognizable quirks, foibles and eccentricities.
Comments closedNeuro-normatives, people who do not fall on the Aspergers spectrum, struggle every day with relationships, love, sex and all that mushy stuff. Clearly, they do not have a solid, reliable answer to all the questions and issues that there are in one-to-one encounters. And, you expect Aspergers to do any better?
Comments closedI received my Aspergers diagnosis in Dec. 2014, at the age of 59. While I had suspected it for some time, I needed to obtain a definitive determination. It is like I was reborn, and I now have to learn how to operate this unique, special mind correctly.
Comments closedHere is an interesting piece on the “connections” between savantism and autism. It is found on the Spectrum News website and is titled “Extraordinary minds: The link between savantism and autism.”
Comments closedIt’s official. As Sheldon Cooper says “I’ve been tested.” I have been officially diagnosed as an Adult with Aspergers.
As for the rest of you, y’all are just neuro-normatives.
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