For years I have lived through a "front" personality, which is (at least intended to be) "NT-Compatible", in the sense that it is oriented to the tasks of being as normal as possible. I only started being that way because I didn't know what made me different and didn't have the same appreciation for the things that make me unique as I do now. The " ( Read more... )

Anyone else ever feel like if Dustin Hoffman got an Oscar for more-or-less convincingly acting autistic for a two hour movie, those of us who can successfully pass for NT in nearly all our interactions with other people are owed some serious awards by now ( Read more... )

Well I have a bunch of stuff to say today ( Read more... )

I haven't touched this community or others similar to it for a long time. I found myself (unvocally) disagreeing with topics too often, and not seeing a lot of kinship between myself and others who place themselves on the spectrum ( Read more... )

For the most part, I'm not too hopeful that those of us on the high intelligence/high function end of the spectrum can improve our social skills by practicing.  We're still going to blow it on the small things, such as failing to make eye contact when we pass them in the hall, and they will still decide we are just unfriendly and could fit in with ( Read more... )

When I was a young man, my social functioning in the neurotypical world was a disaster. I had no idea that I was autistic, or even that such a thing existed. I didn't recognize that I was different from most people. I didn't recognize that my functioning was the disaster it was ( Read more... )