I have trouble with concepts. Concepts are woolly. You can’t easily define them. What is a friend? What makes you romantic? My Asperger’s causes me problems with interaction and the expression of empathy, which is why the above two concepts in particular cause me trouble. I’ve figured out over the years how to respond to [...]
I use social media. Actually, I use quite a lot of it – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MSN. Until recently, I was also clamped onto a couple of IRC channels. I started using social media as part of my camouflage, way before I knew consciously that I even did that. I felt the need to [...]
Here’s what I do. I make it up as I go along. I bullshit, if you like. Kids with AS are often referred to as Little Professors, and it’s easy to see why. When it comes to subjects that they are interested in, they can talk at you all day about it. They appear to [...]
I’ve ended up in the profession that gives me the perfect cover story for my AS. I stumbled into it many years before I even knew what AS was, mostly out of luck. I work in IT, and more specifically as a Systems Administrator. If you don’t know much about this field, then you probably [...]
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