What usefull superskills do you have in the NT world?

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Hey,

I wanted to know what skills some of you have when acting in the NT world?

What I mean by that is a skill that is usefull when interacting with NT's that you feel almost noone has. Some ability that is (or might be) connected to the fact that you are different, and please explain in which curcumstance you use them (business, dating, impressing people or other things,...) and they can benefit you.

The only thing I can come up is:

- The fact that I'm very creative, can sometimes be usefull when talking to girls, making up stories (althought not all of them like that but a few do, some will just think you're weird).

Hi there,

I love your thing about making up stories, I love it when people can joke around a bit with you when you first meet them. Thanks to my rather vivid imagination as well as my mammoth database of movie and TV references, I tend to do this too. Very few people seem to understand how and why I do that.

Another thing that I find helpful in trying to be social (which I'm not by nature) is being able to remember things that seem insignificant to other people. I suppose that makes people feel like they're liked or important to me, and that's a good thing for me.

"Superskills" is a bit exaggerated in my case. I'm trying to be kind with people, especially when I'm dating. Not everyone likes the way I smile at everything I say or hear... But, my current candidate loves this way, she seemingly laughs at everything, tolerates my jumbled ramblings about my interests (a pretty good part of it seems to be truly interesting to her). I'm trying to make her talk more, though, to be more balanced.

Somehow I totally lack the ability to make up stories (or trick, like John-Elder R.), this is something I admire in others.

In my profession, I have one advantage, I can understand both financial and IT logic, there is still a niche where it's considered valuable.

Being autistic, I don't come with many assumptions about anything; I naturally take most things at face value.

This allows me to function in environments where I have little information that otherwise scare NTs.

It also allows me to find novel solutions to problems that most people overlook because most NTs think according to the way they were socialized.

These traits lend themselves well to my work as a management consultant.

"Useful" is in the eyes of the beholder, LOL...

I guess maybe my "map in my head" is useful to anyone NT or otherwise, and people sometimes call me on the phone, saying they heard I know all the shortcuts around Los Angeles, and they're stuck in traffic someplace. I just ask them to get me the block numbers at the nearest corner, and I can tell them exactly where they are, and any & all ways to evade a traffic jam. Even on tiny little winding roads in the Santa Monica Mountains. My sister-in-law got lost on her way to Los Angeles from Las Vegas, and my wife was trying to figure out where she was (didn't even know what city; only that she had exited Interstate 15 to go westbound on CA 18 ) ... My wife handed me the phone, and I asked her what she could see exactly from where she was, and she said she saw a big slanted-angle intersection ahead, and there is a concrete canal with rushing water, and a gas station on the far left corner. I then knew she was 1000 feet east of Hwy 138 and still on westbound CA 18. I told her how to get through and directed her to the house. I have never been "lost", and I've driven all around the country by myself, and just somehow always have perspective on where I am, regardless of whether I've been there before. Local geography of course I have to learn in a new city, but that takes me 5 minutes with a map, or 1 day of exploring a city such as Reno, Oklahoma City, or any mid-size city. Dallas, although that's my second home, was a bit of a task because of the "circular" freeway system. For some reason, that kept throwing me off, as I'm used to grids such as Los Angeles. I did master it though, and once I do, I will never forget.

Otherwise, none of my "aspie" skills serve anybody any purpose; including that I know the type number and physical description of every vacuum tube made from 1910 to 1980, and what it's applications are. And I know the makes and model numbers of every kind of Cold War air raid sirens and tornado sirens installed around the USA, and I know which Diesel engines can be found in Australian Toyota cars & trucks. .....................as if anyone cares!

Charles

If an animal needs catching/rescuing/picking up, I'll do it no matter the animal cause I feel a natural empathy for them that a lot of NTs don't seem to have (they have fear and disgust where I feel I pretty much act like a trapped squirrel/bug/rat a lot of the time and therefore know how the animal feels).

* Great attention to detail visually. Can notice things other people can't see. Such as a hummingbird perched in a tree. Also useful when it comes to Graphic Design and Art.
* Great with animals. I can get animals to obey me naturally. Can understand them intuitively. (I'm kind of like Dr. Doolittle in a way.)
* Can locate the bathroom in any building. Even in places I've never been before. I swear I have a homing device implanted in my bladder. LOL :U

Don't think it's very useful other than for a gag; but I've convinced a couple people that I have slightly psychic powers by always predicting when the heater or air-conditioner would come on in rooms where I already knew the set temps on the automatic thermostat.
I feel the temp approach the ON point about ten seconds before it actually turns on, and then hear the mercury switch click a split second before the forced air comes to life.
Nobody else feels or hears it, so after "predicting" it accurately a few times in front of someone (who already believed in psychics) by saying something like "I have a feeling it's about to get cooler in here", I got to answer silly questions about their future with whatever I felt like making up.

-Strong sense of humor
-Good at "figuring things out" (puzzles, programming an algorithm , how stuff works, etc.)
-Courteous - holding the door for people, yielding at an intersection or pedestrian crossing (even on a bicycle)
-Good long term memory - I remember all sorts of details, and can remember some things from early childhood better than my parents can.

If I ever dated someone, I'm sure these would come in useful, but that's only if I could ever get a date

Creativity and problem solving. Thinking outside of the box is both a blessing and a curse - it seems to be appreciated when it's needed to overcome obstacles but then reviled when you can't 'turn it off' for the more mundane aspects of a job.

I rescue insects and spiders, and help people learn German.

I've been told that I am highly intuitive... I can see through people and often judge them correctly on meeting them.

I'm very good at predicting outcomes... I just know when what will happen or why it'd happen. For e.g. I always knew what my ex was going to say even before he said anything ... My mom who has aspergers can do this too

Attention to detail.. Original and inventive ideas... Hate to follow someone else's style. (though I don't mind listening to their ideas and encouraging their creativeness)

Feeling more for animals and other people who are suffering than for myself. [ Don't know if that is an aspergian trait]. But that does not stop me from being cynical.. When someone's trying to be nice to me... I question their motives.. I am not trusting until I know you very well [might be childhood experiences]. This might be why I don't have many close friends. Sometimes I come across too rude because of this. I lost a friend because well someone put doubts about her in my head and I never trusted her until I found out it wasn't her fault... but it was too late she was gone. That being said I am not a rude person to talk to I am very approachable and friendly. I do not believe too easily that's it.

-I have an ability to memorize mass amounts of information in a short period of time
-Math comes easier to me than english (my native language)
-My ability at operating electronic devices exceeds my social ability
-I tend to learn certain things completely, all the little details and nuances. I can be like a "help guide" for NTs.