Interesting... Scary to see this as I fit everything there, concidering I was divorced over a couple of the things. I take it, there is no cure or drug to take. Need to meet a lady some how.

Steamer, I'd love to talk to your Mom. I've had almost 19 years of experience with this now and thankfully my daughter landed in a community college that accepts her as she is and where she's making the most of her strengths

BTW public school was horrible for her. I wish I could have home schooled her.

One of her favorite places is http://www.wrongplanet.net. It's got lots of links, message boards and a whole community for Aspies and their families.

ncbrowncoat and Ebanniah, I'd love to introduce both of you to my mom so you could all talk shop! What I'd also love is for you to keep this quote in mind - I have it as my headline on Myspace....

YOU LAUGH AT ME BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT.
I LAUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL THE SAME.

NCBC, Einstein is the first person I think of when talking shop with other Aspies. When I was a kid, we didn't know what Asperger's was, so we didn't know I had it, and so I had a pretty rough up-growing just wanting to be myself with parents who were all about tough love, and teachers (and eventually bosses) who hated me for it. Remember this, above all else: as difficult as it may get to deal with your young 'un and his/her place in this country's laughable education system (unless you homeschool), IT IS NOT HOPELESS! I daresay I'm living proof.

Ebanniah, if you're interested in looking into it further, try this site: http://www.rdos.net/eng . LOTS of links and an Aspie-themed personality test there.

An awful lot of this sounds like my 23 yr. old son.

Hmmm.

Mother of a diagnosed Aspie here. And I see some of the same things in me to a degree. I look at it like this, why be "normal", normal, well boring.

BTW the world would be a different place without Aspies. Think Einstein, Edison, maybe Bill Gates and a lot of "absent mined" scientists, engineers, and lots of other cool, creative people.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, LF. Found school phenomenally boring, could think of dozens of other things I'd rather be doing (at that time and later in life). It's only in the last couple of years since I found out about the condition that I've learned to live with it, and not let it interfere with everything else life has to offer (and ESPECIALLY not let myself be belittled by those around me!).

I've been diagnosed with Asperger's, and only recently been starting to outgrow some of the symptoms (mostly 1, 8, and 11), and most of the stuff on that list still applies. And I don't have the words for how completely I agree with you, Steamer.

Thanks, Steamer. I'm sorry I can't find the words to express how strongly I agree, and trust me I tried ^_^

Mobbex, let me assure you of what to think. Whether you suspect it, or do eventually get diagnosed with Asperger's - THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT!!! Or with you for that matter. It just means your style of learning, behaving, socialising, etc. is a little different from the mainstream, and trust me, different is good. If someone tries to make you believe otherwise, don't listen to them. You are not the problem, and the condition is not the problem: the problem lies entirely with the jackasses who don't believe in it or choose to ignore it. When I came to terms with that, I found myself, as you might say. Now anyone who tries to make me feel like less of a person will be the happy recipient of a figurative, but solid, thwap upside the head. We all should be proud of our own quirks, not ashamed.

That's... disturbing. A lot of the behavior patterns that are mentioned on this list are very familiar to me. And I mean a lot . It's either stuff that I do or stuff that I used to do as a kid. I'm not really sure what to think.