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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Does anyone in your family have autism?

PennySue
Posted: 02 Nov 2015, 1:05 pm 

Replies: 35
Views: 2,432
Both my son and I have it, and I wonder about my father. My son and I had identical childhoods, much to my dismay, but we didn't realize we were Aspies until after he went to college.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Systemizing

PennySue
 Post subject: Re: Systemizing
Posted: 02 Nov 2015, 12:56 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 709
I am a systemizer - I'm female and a programmer. I can see spelling errors quickly, and visual things that don't fit in a repetitive picture with patterns, I'm good at music and languages (including programming languages) once I can understand the pattern of the chords or the syntax. I'm good at bus...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you have an imaginary world?

PennySue
Posted: 02 Nov 2015, 12:50 pm 

Replies: 26
Views: 1,701
YES! I started them when I was in elementary school, actually writing out the stories, with me being a secret superhero. Later in life, I would create story arcs of my own from tv shows I liked, inserting myself into them. Or I would think of people I would like to be important to and created storie...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: When is it acceptable to "buy" friends?

PennySue
Posted: 02 Nov 2015, 12:18 pm 

Replies: 45
Views: 2,270
I'm so glad you posted this. It really made me think about why I do what I do. I am trying to reconcile myself to the fact that, even at 51, I still really cannot make friends, regardless of how polished I have made myself in interacting with people (basically by pretending I'm someone else), or whe...

 Forum: Women's Discussion   Topic: You look angry!

PennySue
Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 3:02 pm 

Replies: 76
Views: 19,086
When I was working in full-time ministry, a friend pointed out to me that I tended to look angry. She and my boy friend (now my husband) tried to help me to notice when I was doing it - furrowed brow and all. Most of the time, it just means I am thinking about something, analyzing it, trying to work...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Accusations of an "attitude problem"??

PennySue
 Post subject: WOW! What a great post!
Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 8:21 pm 

Replies: 52
Views: 17,889
I'm so glad I found this post. So much meat here. First of all, the list of things that make people think I have an attitude problem: 1) Aspies tend to ask "obvious" questions for clarification on tasks, rules, etc, which can come off as passive-aggressive 2) They can appear insensitive when they do...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: 34 just now diagnosed AS... now what?

PennySue
Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 7:42 pm 

Replies: 32
Views: 7,438
If you think 30's is late for being diagnosed, try being 47 and finally figuring it out - not only that I am, but also that my son is, and that is why I couldn't save him from living through a duplicate of my horrendous childhood, no matter what I did. I have no adult support groups where I live, so...
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