Hey everyone, I'm new to the boards, though I've been lurking without an account for a couple of months now. Also still relatively new to the idea that I could be an Aspie and all that it means. I've lived most of my life feeling like everyone had been given some kind of manual on life that I missed. Thinking I'm broken and spending SO much energy studying and mimicking everyone around me so I would fit in. I did it well enough to get a career and a marriage started, though always having problems in both that I couldn't explain.
Wasn't until recently when my son, who has presented as profoundly gifted at a really young age, was required to get a full neuro psych evaluation after also showing some ASD traits (impulse control, hyper focus, social avoidance) that I realized I probably fit in to that as well. Up to that point, I had very limited understanding of what autism was and so I've been having to adjust my thinking on it, along with my (and potentially my son's) place with it.
Anyway, probably more info than most people give in these things, so I guess I'll say Hi! and I'm happy to spend time here and learn more.
04 Feb 2019, 5:43 pm
