Two cheers for having Aspergers! I'm serious

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I grew up in a pretty well to do neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. So when I was finally diagnosed at 26 I still had resources that I could marshall in order to help me get back on my feet. Before I was diagnosed I was a socially needy teenager who desperately wanted to get with the highest echelon of female in my neighborhood. But not being able to achieve the kinds of things the people in my old neighborhood were able to made me bitter,it made me angry, it made me want it more. I would try and try but no matter how hard I tried I just could never get it. But after the diagnosis the drive only intensified. Now I am climbing the ladder with ease......of course I have help to do it. I am performing better in school, I have better social awareness, I have money invested in a mutual fund, a decent working car, my own apartment, a long employment history with promotions, volunteer experience, plans for the future and I am starting to shimmer with power. Had I not had AS and grown up under similar conditions I would have been just like everybody else. Oh sure I would have had a decent job and a cute llittle wife to boot but I would not just be another social security number in the grand scheme of things. The drive and the desire that I have came from not being able to get my hands on IT in the past. Now I'm starting to get IT and it feels pretty d*mn good.

As far as those who laughed at me I just think about what they are doing to themselves now and I laugh at them. Sitting on top of their comfortable lives while at the same time decaying on the inside due to the food that they eat and the habits that they have. So with that in mind I'll giving having as two cheers but I won't give it that third one.

I would give 4 cheers, but not five. The only disadvantage to aspergers seems to be the social inability, but then again it can give you some... very good insight on social relations. But the problem is that your forced to have that point of view. It's kinnnda cool because we get born with a mental error that gives us insight and something good (Weird huh?), and once we get over our lazy tendencies (Which are really strong!! !), we can dominate the world! What hurts you only makes you stronger right? So 4 cheers for aspergers!! ! For giving us talent or obsession, social awareness (Once you turn your social life into an experiment anyway.), and holding us back on the slingshot, only to let us soar once we get ourselves together.

That's if you get help. My diagnosis people are just like "BUT YOU'RE SO SMART YOU CAN DO ANYTHING" and I'm getting zero assistance with anything whatsoever.

Yeah I here ya on that one. Some were, are and will not be so lucky.

I got the "you're so smart...." line all the time.
I've been thinking lately how things would have been different if my mom listened to my teachers when they said I may have ADD. My teachers saw that I was having trouble in school, but my mom didn't agree that I may have ADD. My entire school career, I had problems concentrating and getting school work done in the classes I had no interest in, and no one looked into WHY I was having these problems. I just kept getting yelled at for getting bad grades.

Learning about my (suspected) AS and ADD has taught me so much about myself!
I feel so much better because now I have an explanation for my problems.

CHEERS FOR AS... AND UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF!

That doesn't mean it'll inevitably ruin your life. I never had any help with anything. Well, ok everyone get's help once in a while, but not aspie related. I never even had medication. I think anyone will figure it out if they try hard enough! It's a lot simpler than people make it to be!

(My response isn't aimed at you directly so much because it applies to everything I've read on the page, it's just that this one caught my eye on where to start)

It's not always outlook on how to do "normal" things, for alot of us it has to do with being able to take the steps necessary to do it, not how we "make it out to be". One can have a positive outlook on rebuilding an engine, but that doesn't mean that person has the skills to do so, nor the knowledge to even begin to do so.

If you have AS and you're doing great, then good for you, that's great. You're one of the lucky ones.

Isn't that just annoying? I hate getting that.