I Am Autistic Stories of Experiences

i have aspergers, not to bad, but it still affects me

i hate it when people always think I'm going to be like people who have classic autism and treat me differently.

I've gotten so much better over the years, i can read...

Someone brought this video to my attention about a girl called Carly who has autism and communicates by typing out how she feels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0OGJwoYmg
In the video, Carly describes how she's overwhelmed by sights...

Pretty much everything here (and elsewhere) discribes me perfectly. I'm quite sure I'm autistic.
But the thing is, I don't think my family believes me. I haven't been diagnosed, and I don't really want to go see my mental health...

As you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month. A lot has been done to inform and educate people about autism, but a lot of stereotypes still need to be challenged. As a person with an autistic spectrum condition – I have Asperger...

I am Autistic and work hard to lead a positive and prosperous life. I’m very supportive and care for my brother who is also Autistic, so I’m sensitive to his needs and the needs of vulnerable people.

I specialize in the care of...

i hate when people go off the deep in.i was with my mom at the store and she was talking to this couple.it was noisy,and i zoned out.i could not tell what they were talking about.even if i tried.all i heard was noise.then,all at once...

I wrote a story under "I Have Asperger's Syndrome" a few months ago, since then I have researched more on ASD and I'm 99.99% positive I am somewhere on the spectrum. This might be a little long.
To start off, I'm sixteen next month, not...

I was talking to Jenny M today and telling her about Saint (or Brother) Juniper. He was a 13th century Franciscan friar who may have had autism. We thought he'd make a great patron saint of autism, and wondered if learning about him on...

Some claim that new research shows people can grow out of autism, but it is more likely that they simply cope better with the condition over time

The New York Times has pointed to an intriguing study ostensibly showing that some...

These are my results on the BBC's Brain Sex ID test.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
Part One
 Angles
This task tested your ability to identify the angle of a line by matching it with its twin. This is a spatial task, which...

Photography: G. Farquhar
Model: G. Farquhar
Digital editing: G. Farquhar
I started First Year at Powis Academy in Aberdeen, less than a year after my little brother died. At the time, I was suffering a great deal, but had no way of...

I posted this already, but it's very apt.  In fact, most of the points here apply to me so completely that it’s almost frightening. The key word here is "introvert", apparently - and I'm really not sure that one applies to me...

I just found out that Addy Miller, who plays the little zombie girl Rick Grimes has to kill in the very first episode of The Walking Dead, has an autistic younger brother and is an autism awareness advocate. I think that's pretty...

"If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not because then I wouldn't be me. Autism is part of who I am." --Temple GrandinIndeed. It might not be easy being me, but I'd rather be me than someone else.

It's fair to say that the employment figures in the UK aren't great. I got these statistics from http://autismnow.org/on-the-job/employment-research-and-reports/68% of people aged 16 to 64 without disabilities work.
24% of people with...

When I'm happy, the feelings are bubbling up inside my bones and veins and I need to let it out. I need to dance, clap, jump on the spot, run, or flap my hands.
I am able to contain such outbursts of emotion in public... most of the...

Bullet points 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 apply to me to varying degrees.
1: When learning to do something new, I need to be explained slowly, step by step, and possibly instructions have to be written down so I can go back to them if I am...

I personally don't get why autism and aspergers and the like is thought of like it's some kind of horrible disease and how people who may or may not have it are viewed as freaks or unfit for society. It just irks me. I have aspergers...

Hello, I'm autistic as well, been heavily autistic when I was a child, though it is pretty minor now. It bothers me when there are ads about autism with quotes saying: "I am autistic, I have trouble talking to people." Sure, there are...

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