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I am new here and have been enjoying my time here greatly. I only just recently discovered I lay somewhere on the spectrum, and it has answered a million questions and made me reconsider basically every conclusion I've ever made on anything non-technical. The reason it was so hard for me to recognize myself as a spectumite was because I developed such strong coping mechanisms (thanks to Mom and Dad I believe). Despite being "tested" many times as a kid (really bad behavior problems) I flew under because I was too social or too seemingly "normal". Yea well that doesn't explain the constant struggle, and it certainly didn't explain the huge aspergian regression I was about to partake in as soon as I graduated from high school (didn't actually). Since then I've corrected most of my ways, but have grown more and more misanthropic and I thought it was because I was too smart or they weren't understanding of "gifted" people (yikes). Now I realize why I have my strengths mostly and why I have my weaknesses. Basically my poor conscious logical brain has been compensating for nearly every deficit I have (navigation, interpersonal, multitasking, short term memory issues) and masking my problems only making them worse and more confusing for people on the outside who want me to succeed.

As more time passes since self-diagnosis, I realize I have a few strengths to take advantage of for somebody on the AS. Speaking skills, I have always had strong speaking skills when it's about something I'm very passionate about, but as my solo abilities were always that much stronger I thought my attention was best served there then to the public, as there are better people for the job. But with the ASD community, because of the nature of the disorder, there are less capable or comfortable with screaming "hey this s**t aint f*****g fair". I for the first time, have something I feel I am obligated to do. How in the world do I go about pursuing this? I want to be in the forefront of the acceptance movement

It was an interesting revelation for me, that compared to a lot of people on the spectrum, I am intellectually average or worse lol in a lot of areas. But I happen to be quite above average socially compared to most on the AS. So many interesting realizations

Any advice. Thanks!
and no schooling advice please

Hmm well I know someone on the spectrum who does a lot of speeches about autism and ASDs and also poetry. He's set up a company of sorts, I don't know a whole lot about it but the purpose is to spread awareness of autism. If you like I can pm you and tell the persons name and the company.

As you've only recently been diagnosed, it may be a good idea to wait for a while before throwing yourself wholeheartedly into activism. Pause and reflect, get involved with discussions here and on similar sites, absorb what others have experienced and take account of their opinions. If you haven't done so already, join an AS social group, perhaps go to a few autism conferences and seminars.

If you are going to stand up in public and campaign for Spectrumites, you need to know what you're talking about as well as being passionate about it.

Using your intellect to constantly translate & compensate can exhaust you and wear you down after a while, eh? Glad you figured it out. Hopefully now that you are aware and learning (never ends) you can shape your life in ways that require less and less compensating / find a balance that fits without so much stress. Sounds like you are doing good!