I don't know a lot of autistic people but I have two friends with Aspergers and their quirks don't bother me any more than anyone else's. I have a lot of friends who have anxiety and OCD and I understand them better than the so-called "normal" people who think they are the paragon of perfection.
My advice about the job: don't tell potential employers about your condition as its none of their business and it can only hurt your chances or hire. Later after you've been there for a while, if you have reason to mention it like people comment on your behaviors then I think it would be Ok.
My female friend with Aspergers makes the mistake of telling everyone up front that she has it and it often prevents people from looking past her condition and getting to know her as a person. You are more than your condition.
Thank you! I don't think I'll tell them until I absolutely have to. You are right though that if I tell them upfront they'll start trying to look for the symptoms rather than me. I spent three years in the military keeping it a secret from everyone, and I was absolutely miserable. The service was quite unwavering, and they were unrelenting towards my quirks. They were too busy trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
Also, the media has done a fine job pigeonholing us all as sociopaths thanks to the Sandy Hook and UCSB shootings. That's what makes people even more apprehensive. I don't need anyone to hold my dick for me every time I take a piss, and I don't have the mind of a child. I'm not Rain Man.
I'm not a sociopath, either. Would you believe me when I tell you I've never killed anyone, but I've actually saved not one but two people and a cat from dying? I did the Heimlich maneuver on a guy who was choking to death at a restaurant and sprayed a woman down with the dish nozzle after she caught herself on fire at a restaurant where I worked as a dishwasher. The cat had her back end run over and crushed. I got her out of the parking lot and kept an eye on her until the owner got home so she could be taken to the vet, and she lived.
Do people with autism and Asperger's ever get on your nerves?
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I don't know a lot of autistic people but I have two friends with Aspergers and their quirks don't bother me any more than anyone else's. I have a lot of friends who have anxiety and OCD and I understand them better than the so-called "normal" people who think they are the paragon of perfection.
My advice about the job: don't tell potential employers about your condition as its none of their business and it can only hurt your chances or hire. Later after you've been there for a while, if you have reason to mention it like people comment on your behaviors then I think it would be Ok.
My female friend with Aspergers makes the mistake of telling everyone up front that she has it and it often prevents people from looking past her condition and getting to know her as a person. You are more than your condition.
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Thank you! I don't think I'll tell them until I absolutely have to. You are right though that if I tell them upfront they'll start trying to look for the symptoms rather than me. I spent three years in the military keeping it a secret from everyone, and I was absolutely miserable. The service was quite unwavering, and they were unrelenting towards my quirks. They were too busy trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
Also, the media has done a fine job pigeonholing us all as sociopaths thanks to the Sandy Hook and UCSB shootings. That's what makes people even more apprehensive. I don't need anyone to hold my dick for me every time I take a piss, and I don't have the mind of a child. I'm not Rain Man.
I'm not a sociopath, either. Would you believe me when I tell you I've never killed anyone, but I've actually saved not one but two people and a cat from dying? I did the Heimlich maneuver on a guy who was choking to death at a restaurant and sprayed a woman down with the dish nozzle after she caught herself on fire at a restaurant where I worked as a dishwasher. The cat had her back end run over and crushed. I got her out of the parking lot and kept an eye on her until the owner got home so she could be taken to the vet, and she lived.
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That's great, I love cats and saving people is better than any crap fake celebrities on tv:)
What a good reply and what good advice