TheLoadedDog
Well-known member
C'mon, how many of you guys are on the autism / Asperger's spectrum?
It is my first day here, and pretty much everybody is pinging my radar.
I am undiagnosed, but I'm pretty sure I'm right up there. I keep closeted about it to my friends. Not because I am ashamed, but because it's kinda become "cool" and I don't want to be seen to be jumping on the bandwagon.
Now, my ex girlfriend (I hate that teenaged term) is an Aspie. Not only that, but she has a brain the size of a house, and she studies it. She's had academic papers on autism published in prestigious peer reviewed journals. Suffice it to say, she knows her stuff.
So, by way of background, we were friends for years before we had a relationship.
ME: "So, I umm.... suspect I might be on the spectrum somewhere myself."
"Nonsense. You are a full on aspie."
"How do you know that?"
"Jeez. I spotted you years ago."
I like trains. I LOVE trains. They are my life. I can bore you with the details of New South Wales railway signalling for hours. I like Star Trek. I would rather go to a library than a nightclub. I hate bright lights, loud noises, and crowded places....
I can see quite a few fellow travellers on these forums.
It is my first day here, and pretty much everybody is pinging my radar.
I am undiagnosed, but I'm pretty sure I'm right up there. I keep closeted about it to my friends. Not because I am ashamed, but because it's kinda become "cool" and I don't want to be seen to be jumping on the bandwagon.
Now, my ex girlfriend (I hate that teenaged term) is an Aspie. Not only that, but she has a brain the size of a house, and she studies it. She's had academic papers on autism published in prestigious peer reviewed journals. Suffice it to say, she knows her stuff.
So, by way of background, we were friends for years before we had a relationship.
ME: "So, I umm.... suspect I might be on the spectrum somewhere myself."
"Nonsense. You are a full on aspie."
"How do you know that?"
"Jeez. I spotted you years ago."
I like trains. I LOVE trains. They are my life. I can bore you with the details of New South Wales railway signalling for hours. I like Star Trek. I would rather go to a library than a nightclub. I hate bright lights, loud noises, and crowded places....
I can see quite a few fellow travellers on these forums.