Hi, my name is Kara. Just recently diagnosed AS after many years of misdiagnosis, school problems (due to severe boredom and bullying), and the usual stuff. I'm lucky to have family and 2 very close friends also diagnosed AS so I have some support, but am having some issues with NT's either a) misunderstanding what it means to have Aspergers (They seem to think that Autism always means rocking and zero communication) or b) being told that my "problems" are in my head (My fiances psychologist father gave me quite the lecture last night about how he understands that I am angry at humanity which is why I don't have social skills, and thinking in pictures and synesthesia are definate signs of schizophrenia and I probably got "misdiagnosed. I recommended the DSM-IV as the next book he reads, but he pretended to not hear me.)
Has anyone else had these sorts of problems, and how do you handle them?
Glad to be here!
Kara