I think given my walls of text I have described (in detail) most of the prominent benefits of Asperger's, but you bring up a good point about Aspies being unquestionably unique. I like to think of myself as a real nonconformist, not even conforming to nonconformism or trends that are supposedly "against the grain." I like what I like and do what I do, and often my reasons behind such things aren't the same reasons other people like/do those things.
An example is how I'm a bookworm and love reading, but when one pictures someone who loves reading, they think of someone reading lots of stories or novels, not encyclopedias and reference. I also like dragons and fantasy creatures, but I don't read fantasy novels or play D&D or other fantasy games. I haven't even seen very many fantasy films. Pretty much any fanbase or trend I do end up in, I'm not anything like others in that category and have completely different motives for joining. I like those things, but I don't feel like a part of that "culture." I'm always nervous about approaching people in a group like that because I feel like I'm not quite one of them, like with the dragon example. Most people that like them do at least one of the things I mentioned. Technically, a gamer is someone who plays video games, right? But though I play video games, I don't feel like I "belong" in gamer culture. Going up to someone and saying that I like dragons or video games is going to give that person an impression of who they think I am, and I rarely fit into molds people have of what makes a fan of -insert something here-.
I also don't like when people like my family or other people who don't know me very well try to get me gifts based on what I say I like. Saying I like "anime" or "dragons" or anything else really is up to interpretation, and I hate the thought of people forming false assumtions about me or understanding me wrong because of left out details. Maybe that has something to do with why I type/speak in text walls, because I have trouble differentiating between important information and unnecessary detail.
Ugh. Sorry this post sounds a little scatterbrained. I left half my brain in the class I just got home from >.<
Well, for me I tend to love trains. I mean most of the time, you think, "oh, well kids like trains..." but for me I have always been fascinted just by their beauty. Everytime I go on a train, like passenger wise it always fills me with joy and I HAVE to get a train whistle or something. I even touched a train once we were at williams az. It was a grand canyon train and I was a very happy person. When I travel, I'll take a picture of a train going by. The whistle is like music to me ears and sometimes at a hotel, I have a hard time sleeping because usually I have a ritual of falling asleep with the TV and having fans on full blast because it drowns it any scary night noise that keeps me from sleeping and anyway, hearing a train whistle helps me sleep and most of time with my intolerance for noise, it would be hell for me.
I also love ambulances and ice cream trucks I mean, must autistic children do have strage attachments to such objects or focus on one obsession. For me, i have two and that is anime and Trains. :'D
Also, I am a very avid writer. Alot of the times, people will say I'm a great writer but see, the drawback is that, if you tell me to write a story say, about unicorns and rainbows, well guess what? You're out of luck. The big problem was people always said I could write, what they didnt understand was that I write in freestyle. In other words, I can only write what comes to mind. I can't write about a topic someone gives me because its not based on my best interest. This made it really hard for me when doing current events.
I think of writing as being my savant ability because I can express myself better when writing things down, which you can see.
I could seriously write forever and not be bothered at all by what I write or how I write it and for, me it comes easier when I can't explain something verbally.
J£¡zåя∂27: I have ADHD and I can feel your pain. D: Even being on a stimulant medication, I find it really difficult to focus but I'n bothered more by my short attention span. I tend to move from one story idea to the next, and never finishing the first story. It bothers me because I have these unfinished stories and have no idea where I left off or what I thought while writing them. >_< Plus, being easily distracted gets me off balance too because it was hard for me to get homework down when people were talking in the background or just making noise.
It's possible that you have asperger's because mild autism is usually not far from being severe. I had a delay in speech and didnt talk until I was four. Asperger syndrome usually goes undiagnosed for a long time and usually isn't recognizable until later in life.
(Sorry if your name is wrong, appearantly my computer doesn't recognize all the symbols. >_<)
Yeah, same here. I've always been bothered when my dad pokes me or sometimes just brushes past me. I get so upset over it and I really shouldn't. I also seem bothered by clothing. I mean, not to be tmi-ish but i like running around in a t-shirt and underpants because I feel comfortable that way.
My mom doesn't understand this because, really it isn't lady-like. She always tells me to put some clothes on. I sleep like that too, in my underpants and shirt because I hate the way my pajama pants rise up my legs.
In the car, I'll take off my shoes and socks because I prefer my feet to be free. I even wander around in my bare feet because I just feel better that way.
Don't worry, I DO wear clothes. XD I'm just saying when I'm at home. In public, I usually wear pajama bottoms and a shirt and don't care how I look to other people. I mean hell, I'm comfortable, right? It's better than feeling tight clothes.
I actually like lose clothing because it feels less annoying.
