When I put the ending phrases in my journal it struck me as a non-NT noteworthy... that this crowd might understand the warm, cuddly, intimate side of a wholly non-physical moment and how it could be sparkley too. I've long commented my husband is very in touch with his inner child and today I realized I basically married someone whose inner child ( Read more... )

Hyperlexia: A Literary Journal Celebrating the Autistic Spectrum is looking for your fiction, poetry, and personal essays. Our inaugural issue is planned for October 2008. Send submissions to submissions@hyperlexiajournal.com and please include the full text of your writing in the email if you send a PDF or a Word file. Deadline for submissions is ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of starting an Aspie singles group in my area? Is that a good idea?

I'm an openly Bisexual woman and I have Aspergers. This is a big problem, because, with Men I have at least a 50% chance that they are interested in me, women are another matter. I have no idea unless it is blisteringly obvious about women. I don't know how to flirt, or even how to show interest. I'm scared of opening my mouth and making a BIIIG ( Read more... )

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How many people here were diagnosed by a Doctor or psychologist? I was. How many people are 'self-diagnosed?'

I can't say for sure if this article (the text of which I've placed under a cut below) is completely relevant to this community (and I do apologize if it has been posted already), but it seems as if it could be, to me. And it's certainly made me even more nervous about flying than I already was (as I am scared of flying and tend to act even more ( Read more... )

My "autistic" experience. It's there for the world to have seen... in bits and pieces. Sometimes mis-directed by an NT or poorly acted but the stories are out there and all too often they are the butt of the joke or our every day experience is before in the magic transformation that ends with a new [cured] person.

For instance, Never Been Kissed ( Read more... )

I have no illusions of being face blind... I seem to have the opposite problem. I see resemblance in people others don't. It's in the details of the face and other things the average person tends to gloss over. Perhaps the shape of the eyes and the way they light up combined with a similar hair color and style ( Read more... )

I’ve been pondering why I feel it so imperative to put disclaimers about my lack of clinical diagnosis. It is because I don’t like to say or imply things which I cannot defend as true. By answering questions and posting in an “Aspergers” community I feel I may mis-represent myself as something I may or may not be. I understand, and it is part of ( Read more... )