Hi. I have a sister, 2 years 8 months younger than me, and I'm looking for tips on how to explain what I am and am not capable of and relate to her. She gets confused and annoyed with me; she can't understand how I can be extremely intelligent in some respects and dumb as a brick in others. She has the mindset that if you try hard enough you can do ( Read more... )

This post is partly asking advice, and partly venting to people who might get it ( Read more... )

I have a date with this other aspie girl who i super really like ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/health/mental-health/autism-sex-differences/index.htmlRead more... )

It's why I can't keep friends. Am I the only one like this? Is there a way to do something about it?
( A rant about autism and loneliness. )

I'm sure other people here can relate to feeling totally alone in the world ( Read more... )

i know this has nothing to do with the comunity but i am feeling really depressed and alone right now as my girlfriend of 3 years parents have come into town and they hate my guts up and down, they don't even know we are dating, so we have had to stage this big elaborate lie about how i am just a room mate and we dressed out the extra bedroom to ( Read more... )

I do. And even though I know I can go for days if not weeks without bathing-I would do something about it when I can smell myself-my family here has to remind me everyday to shower. And when I don't shower and my cousin can smell me, she says it's disgusting. Especially for a girl. I mean, the only reason I put on lotion after I get out of the ( Read more... )

Are there any good articles out there for NTs in a relationship with an aspie? Just as an introduction for my girlfriend. I'm not particularly eloquent, and she doesn't love reading as much as I do :) It's wonderful and refreshing that she thinks there's nothing wrong with the way I am, but she doesn't seem to see the differences in the way I work ( Read more... )

Any suggestions for an NT woman attracted to an Aspie man? How to get and keep his attention/affection without scaring him away?