To overcome negative disadvantages of Autism

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This only applies to HFA/AS and maybe PDD-NOS people only, but, I think to overcome disadvantages of Autism, you just have to think outside the box, and/or work hard and do homework on social skills. Agree?

I wish this would work for being able to get health insurance.

It’s all about the box, hereby and declared
I tried thinking outside the box, as they stared
I tried thinking like a box, but it felt so squared
I tried thinking under the box and got so scared
I tried thinking beside the box, and I just glared
I tried thinking on top of the box as I was dared
I tried thinking beyond the box all blonde haired
I tried thinking inside the box and was compared
I tried thinking through the box and got ensnared
I tried thinking without the box and was impaired
I tried thinking around the box and was despaired
It’s not about the trying, it only mocks the prepared
It’s not about the thinking, those rocks need repaired
It’s all about being at one with the box, and undeclared

I don't know how a "box" figures into this thread...
But I do agree that hard work, LOTS of hard work can often help HFAs to understand and adopt social skills.
Unknowingly I treated the study and practice of social skills as my hyper-focus activity. Now, I am the Social Media and PR representative for a city magazine. I make TV/radio appearances, attend public functions and represent the magazine across the state.

And people with LFA can't learn to adapt [in some ways] like anyone else with an ASD because...?

Someone with LFA can easily learn to avoid the triggers that create sensory bombardment, or know them at least.

A metaphor an idiot could see.....

I always believed that AS people live outside the box. Thinking inside of it is our issue. Why is that? Thinking inside the box is what is normal. Well, our thoughts are far from normal, so yeah. I do think this concept should be a strength in job hunting becuase companies claim they are looking for people capable of thinking outside of the box, but they lie. They just want someone who thinks like they do, but not as smart as them cause God forbid a new guy get their management job. Anyway, the trick isn't learning social skills. We socialize fine between each other. Autistic people socialize very well in their own way. The trick is to learn how to adapt to different social environments, and do so quickly before anyone notices. The problem is that there isn't a Guide to Neurotypicals that is universal except for some basic things like the herding instinct. But, there is no sure way to make friends or keep a job. I've even seen social butterflies have issues with making friends or keeping friends. My sister, total extrovert Gemini people loving manipulative social butterfly, even has someone who bullies her everyday in the workplace, and she can't even get her boss who loves her to death to stand up for her. Her boss's boss is a man who suffers from Short Man Syndrome (the guy's height is the same as a normal man sitting down, and he drives a big truck with big tires, lives in a big house, and he tips big tips). Either way, nobody likes him (was even proven in the employee survey when the majority of employees had bad things to say about him), yet he's the VP.

For some inspiration, if you really want to do some research, many bio's of self made millionaires tend to fit the Aspergers personality (I like calling it a personality better than syndrome because I think it's more accurate) more so than any other out there, especially in the tech industry.