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Re: this is a thread about Asperger's

[(Anonymous)]

A friend read a book about Asperger's Syndrome in 7th grade and said it sounded a lot like me, but I didn't get diagnosed until late in high school. I think all the socialization problems were written off as a combination of me being smart and bullied, and the sensory quirks were written off as just me being picky. In terms of actually interfering with my ability to function, the depression was a lot worse.

The diagnosis was too late to do anything for me in high school, though it did put a name on some things. It did serve to get me a single room my sophomore year in college when my room draw number would not have.

My first year, I wanted to give it a shot without any accommodations, because my Asperger's wasn't that bad. My roommate and I didn't speak to each other for the last three months of the year and I still don't know why.

That's usually how it pops up for me -- something happens in a social situation, and I don't understand what or why. I miss signals. I feel like everyone else has a Handbook of Social Interaction which never got issued to me. (Well, and the sensory stuff's still around, too, but at least I'm able to wear jeans now.)

I have run into a hell of a lot of people complaining about "Assburgers" and "asspies" but I don't think I've ever encountered such an individual? I guess if I did I fled the interaction as soon as it became unpleasant, before they could trot out an excuse. I do get frustrated when people seem to think any mental illness is a badge of honor.