Are you on the autism spectrum?

This should've been a poll.

Yes.

I'm "quirky", and asked my family if they ever thought I was on the spectrum. I got three yes votes and one non-committal!

R1, You're right, it didn't occur to me until after I'd posted. I first suspected I was autistic in my late 30s. I'd taken a couple of those online tests, and one said it was pretty likely, and the other was pretty much, yeah, you're autistic. I asked to get tested by my therapist's office, and I got my answer at the age of 41.

None of your fucking business OP.

But paint a target on your back, by all means good luck.

Just curious, R4, WTF were you diagnosed with?

Yes and I have the numbers and the receipts. And my shit together.

None of your fucking business r5

So much rage here, that's how your autism comes out when you're triggered, here's a tip, the people around you just think you're a cunt.

Yes. Neither I, nor anybody, nor anything around me is allowed to EVER CHANGE!

Yes. I was just diagnosed this year.

I doubt anyone here is surprised.

Do you think Nate Marston was?

R4/R7 isn't autistic, they're just a cunt.

I think he was just bipolar.

It was actually kind of a relief getting the diagnosis. It made a lot things make sense for the first. I’m not sure why no one suggested it before now, but my boyfriend raised the issue with me gently, saying something like “How many other people can give a thirty minute lecture on the difference between different cruise ship classes from memory?”

I'm not autistic, my mother had me tested.

[quote] I’m not sure why no one suggested it before now

We knew. Everyone knew.

R8 Were you abused by a mommie dearest like mother?

I’m on the brink of Aspie. One point away. I’ve always been socially inept.

Most smart people are.

R8 no just married to an absolute aspie robot who has no clue, no intuitiveness, no empathy.

‘’oh dear’’ she is clearly a member.

I sometimes think I am. No cap.

Yes, I also am an aspie. Thought for most of my life – until very recently, actually – that I was just "weird". But turns out, that's just what people like me used to be called when others didn't understand them. This popular girl in high school once told me I reminded her of the protagonist in Camus' The Stranger when we were reading that novel, and it stayed with me for the longest time, like a mantra ringing in the back of my head. I don't resent her anymore, people tend to reject anything that deviates from the norm, it's just how our society is structured. And they get rewarded for it, too – she's now incredibly rich and influential, while I'm poor and posting on an obscure American message board.

Yes. Dx at 36. I’m 55 now.

We used to just call it 'assholism'.

considering how wide they've made the spectrum, you ought to ask who ISN'T!

I have Ass Purger's.

Me SPESHUL.

No, but I have traces of schizotypal personality disorder (which is really a schizophrenia spectrum disorder and not a true personality disorder), which has some overlap with the symptoms of autism.

Many years ago we were at the park with our 2 dogs. They were very poopy that day and unfortunately we ran out of bags. We find a paper bag on the ground and use that, ok fine, but there were no receptacles nearby whatsoever. We return to the car and I'm thinking we'll stop on the way out of the park to dispose of the bag.

HE REFUSED to stop. I'm pointing to numerous trash cans as we are driving by, he still refuses to stop, wait until we get home he says. That's 20 minutes away minimum so I throw the bag under his feet as he's driving. HE STILL DID NOT STOP. Huge fight, I'm in tears.

Years later he admitted that he refused to stop because he was so spun out at the dense traffic right outside the park. Fucking asshole weirdo.

R29 You threw a bag of dog shit under the feet of someone while they were driving. I'm not sure you're in any position to call anyone an asshole.

R30 You're an aspie cunt too, I'm sure.