What Do You Enjoy Most About Being Autistic

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Using sarcasm on an autism forum is counter productive. Obviously some people will take it literally.
I sort of did but I didn't care enough to find it insulting or whatever.

- my good delayed recall and memory for details ....it’s quite useful in university
- my ability to hyper- focus (especially on my idiosyncratic interests)
- the intense enjoyment I get from my idiosyncratic interests =)

I like that there is an inner "core" that is solely my own--something no one else can reach--where I can go to be alone.

I like that I can be interested in almost anything, and make improbable connections among subjects.

I like that I have never been self-conscious about my appearance (other than for job interviews, and that's something I have to really think about).

I like that I can always be content and happy with my own company and rarely feel lonely.

I like that I am in a relationship because I truly love my bf, not because I feel I "have to" be in a relationship.

I like that I actually think about my motivations for my actions.

I like that I am DIFFERENT.

I turn my struggle with context to my advantage and unearth double meanings in conversation.. funny / annoying. delete as appropriate

I love the smell of every starting season, especially spring, when the earth starts smelling powdery and warm , and every plant smells fresh green;but also autumn and that wet mud and rotting leaves smell, all of them. I love being able to stop everything and smell the wind until my head spins.
I love the fact that i can ride music like a horse and let it lead me into emotions i never feel in real life.
I also love the hunger for information, the need to learn, and the ability to learn anything i want to without ever getting tired of it.
All these things make me feel good about being myself, there are downsides, but these i wouldn't give up for the world, along with the animal instincts i have, that make me view my children as my cubs, and not the state's future employees, giving me the rage to protect them against everyone, including teachers.

I like having a logical mind and my ability to collect an endless amount of information on a certain topic.

Watching slow moving fluids... I love to see how the light refracts. It's hypnotizing almost, and it's not just fluids but to convey what I like most of autism it will do.

I think in pictures too and when I was little I used to be able to "play" 2d video games in my head while at school or anywhere. I would apparently remember the mechanics/physics, don't do it with video games anymore but I still think in pictures and I like it too. It may be part of the reason I'm aloof. Guess I'm using it to picture atom orbitals and the electro-magnetic spectrum... I went to school for the wrong thing! hah.

I really should start to imagine playing a video game in my head. I have a memory of the first time I played Super Mario Bros. on 64 but to create my own levels would be awesome.

Nothing.

Seriously, I don't have any of the special abilities/talents some aspies have.

If I didn't have aspergers I would be superior to my current self in every way.

Bring on the cure.

I love those moments when I find something that is so simple and I bask in its beauty...and its becomes so incredible to me. Then I go a place in my mind where there are no words...just radiant overflowing wonder. In this moment I becomes more alive.

I also enjoy how I notice things that most people dont.


Jojo

Special intrests, obsessions, rigidity

I like the fact that I have logical reasoning and am able to follow my own instincts as opposed to the feeling that I should always conform to certain norms. This is just as well given that I feel that some societal norms are too much effort or a pointless waste of my time to follow when I could be spending my time far more productively.