An interesting story:
Back in January of 2005, I was a freshman in Rhode Island. Earlier in the year, in the school administration's attempts to give me a social life, I had met a tenth grader who had moved from Massachussetts, the name of whom I will withhold.
I remember that he had a lot of Aspie characteristics. His social life was pretty much nonexistant. But I thought nothing more - he was a new student, and my close-knit high school (which one isn't?) was pretty brutal.
(Even, one year later. He was in my Algebra 2 class. One day, when he was absent, one of the post-preppy snobs who sat behind me said something to the tune of that we could care less whether he was here or not)
Until January 2005 came. I was in Waltham, Massachusetts, listening to someone with AS speak about - among other things I forget - how driving a car is difficlut for those with AS because of the concentration and motor skills it takes. I remember looking around, just looking at the different faces - people-watching, I guess, in such a strange place for it - and seeing him, whom I knew from school.
I suck at facial recognition when it's out of context, but there are some cases where I am dead certain I know. This was one of them.
I don't know. I guess we'll (I'm referring to aspies in general here) eventually find each other, like it or not...