What do you like about being autistic?

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I hope you're joking.

Nope. I say the wrong things all the time, or things get interpreted in ways I didn't mean them too, so its nice to have an excuse. People around me see me as cold or uncaring, and that upsets me. I like the comfort in the fact that, in my job working on student council at my college, these traits are seen as strong tools for beuracracy.

I don't actually like or hate myself, I'm utterly indifferent to myself.

I thought you meant you intentionally are intensive and don't care about others or what you say, etc. I think you can still learn and take responsibility like if someone gets upset, ask them why are they mad (if you don't understand) and apologize for hurting them after they explain.

Oh, no. I think the big problem in the Aspie community, is that NT's always think we are intentionally insenitive. But sometimes, while I think me being an Aspie is a reasonable excuse, it just doesn't feel like a very good excuse. I'm tired of apologizing and having to explain myself. Sometimes I like to just let it go, and play the bad guy.

I like being mostly indifferent. It keeps me above the fray, although it does lead to people thinking I am believe I am superior to them. Not that I concern myself with that.

It doesn't scare me. I think that makes a huge difference.

Outside of a work context where I can survive ok, I don't care what people think of me. Another big help.

Now, the things that I like about it:

The obsessive interests.

The tendency to notice little details.

The fact that I almost never get lonely despite being rather isolated socially.

A lack of social life means more time to spend on my interests.

I've never had to fight peer pressure, because I've never felt it.

My honesty.

It makes my two students with ASDs really, really easy to teach, despite the fact that they are apparently "difficult children".

A lot of time alone is a lot of time honing one's thinking processes. I'm a clear and logical thinker.

There is a certain freedom and relief that comes from not living a normal life (I'm not denying it's hard and painful at times also).

There's even more freedom in seeing that it'll never be normal, and giving up on worrying about it being normal completely.

One thing I liked this afternoon was sitting in the passenger seat of a car watching the country scenery go by; could see every dew drop on every tree limb, each moment was like the beginning scenes of a movie or something; every second a hundred amazing pictures (if I'd only had a camera) would go by.

I think I'd lose the things I value. But I can see where you are coming from. I love being interested in the world and everything around me. I value the experience of being different and it frightens me to think of going through life not having that perspective.

i like my straight-forwardness. I am not afraid to say NO to people when I know I genuinely won't be able to help/do something. I find many NTs will say Yes then let you down.

Freedom! I have been given the gift of freedom, to think, to feel, to truly experience.

All too often the NT life is bound in the chains of convention. Every word and thought is regulated and contrived to please those around. Every smile must be combined with a flickering glance to judge the approval of the surrounding mob. The NT is a whipped puppy, a small abused child huddling in the closet, wondering what he did wrong, a soldier desperately trying to return to lock-step, lest he stand out. His soul is poked and prodded by the expectation of every little social script, choking on some grand design pontificated by consensus of society.

I would point you toward and encourage you to enjoy your freedom. Find a flower or bug, take off your shoes and throw your bag aside, then kneel down on the grass in your nice pants and just stare at whatever makes you happy for as long as you please with a giant genuine smile on your face while those around you scoff and say "look at that ret*d!" That's freedom.

Of course, you are free to do whatever you want. That's the point XD

I'm the same way. When I tell somebody I'll do something, I always make a point to do it. It's just one of my values. And people say that autistics are uncaring.

analytical and from a different perspective for literature. Also it has helped me in chemistry when i studied obsessively to become top chemistry student in school. I'm now in A-Level college and my chem is not so good (From 90 before to early 80's now). When I complained about this to a group of students in the pure science class ( I do mixed subjects) they stared at me as if I was mad. Apparently 80 something is considered a good mark, and 60 something is quite common over there. And we're talking about people from educated families.

I would post what tenalpgnorw posted, but I don't have to now.

Being somewhat disconnected from the world.
Although that brings with it good and bad things.

I guess this question means "what do I like about myself?" because I can't readily separate my personality from my brain.

I like the fact that I am honest and direct. I would not want to trade that, ever.
I like the fact that I pay attention to details (and set a very pretty table).
I like the fact that I remember things about people.