Okay, which of these items still apply to me, after all the years of trying to change and to better myself?
Aspies are:
More truthful than not
Rule-oriented
Obsessive about their favorite interests
Interrupt people while they are in mid-sentence
Have average to above average IQs
Aspies tend to:
Find it difficult to do more than one task at a time
Be uncoordinated
Have a high pain tolerance
Be very ethical and moral
Be very vulnerable to stress
Vocalize their inner thoughts
Find emotions difficult to discuss or understand
Have difficulties with interpersonal relationships
Have strong verbal skills
Apies often have confounding problems including:
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Hyperlexia (Early Reading Skills)
Sensory Processing Disorder
Depression
Those were the items that apply to me now. Following are items that either I have grown out of, or never experienced in the first place. Many of these items apply more often to men than to women. Here's the list:
Aspies are:
Virtual thinkers
Literal thinkers
Routine oriented
Inflexible thinkers
Weak socializers
Principally unable to understand others' point of view
Aspies tend to:
Have low self-esteem
Enjoy time spent with older and younger people more than time spent with their same age peers
Find eye contact a difficult skill to master
Have very vivid nighttime dreams
Have poor executive functioning skills
Find introspection very difficult
Copy others' behaviors, words, accents, and appearance
Aspies often have confounding problems including:
Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorder (Inability to process all information from certain situations)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Large and small movement disorders