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Hello everyone I'm relatively new in this Aspie world. I've recently been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and, to be honest, I didn't even KNOW of its existence 'till last year! Even though it was a bit of a shock for me to find out (it's weird when you used to be such an outgoing chatty little girl and then psychiatrists tell you you're actually autistic), I also felt a great deal of relief. I had loads of problems socializing with other kids; I didn't pull myself away from them or anything. In fact, as I've stated previously, I was a really extroverted young lady when I was a child. It was not 'till my teens when destiny seemed to isolate me from them in ways I couldn't understand. I began noting that I was acting in ways my peers disliked and even saw as weird. I began realizing that I was different. And the gap between me and them grew uncontrollably 'till today. As the years went by, it became harder and harder for me to pursue (and keep) firendships. Bullying and low self-esteem diminished my wish to go out and meet new people. I began feeling lonely and unwanted.
However, now that I've been diagnosed, I've realized my only problem was my lack of social skills and my tendency to close myself up in my own "solitary shell". But I don't think it's wrong. Not at all. It makes me unique. Different. It's as if the other kids' brains are PCs and mine's Mac, or something like that. (Yup, I can be good at metaphors!). On the other hand, my memory's prodigious and I can recall every single date and detail, so I carry a mental date-track which helps me hold on to reality (together with my passion for frogs and anything to do with them).
So... that's basically all I can say for now. Thanks for taking your time to read this.

Oh, and for the record, I'm uploading videos on Youtube and starting an Autism-awareness campaign on Twitter

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Have you ever kept dwarf aquatic frogs? I was obsessed with them at one point, bred them, wrote articles on how to breed them, sex them, take care of them etc

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