Fascinating, as I read the start of this I was thinking to myself how interesting it is that AS can manifest itself in different yet similar ways.

I too have a tendency to cut people off mid-way through what they are saying. However I do it because once I’ve understood what they are saying I see no point in waiting for them to finish and want to show them that I’ve not only understood but can add something to the point. This is one of the traits which drive my wife mad.

What I found most interesting in this post though was the ‘little professor’ concept. I’ve always thought that a trait I have which is at odds with AS is what others call my ability to ‘blag it’. I too will happily hold court with people talking about a subject of which I don’t know the detail but am confident to talk about in such a way that people take me to be an expert.

With out realising it I have used this skill to support me in another previously considered non AS trait; being happy standing up in front of a room of people and presenting. I would much rather present to a room of 200 people on a subject that someone had randomly picked out of the newspaper 10 minutes beforehand, than talk one to one with someone on about anything of a personal, emotional nature.

Now along comes the ‘little professor’ label (which by the way I’m now off to google and explore in more detail).

Fantastic, thank you

Ralf