Anyone else here with classic autism?

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The book The Reason I Jump is written by Naoki Higashida, a (then) thirteen-year-old boy with classic autism.

I love and own the book!

Me too!

Well my cousin who is also 14 knows me extremely well. He's always known who I am inside since we were very little and used to be my interpreter. He has also followed me on forums and is also a member of one of them. My dad and I talk a lot. I manage to be able to talk with him without saying much in words, and the same with my cousin. I think my family knows me really well and work really well with me. But yeah they know about my writing and my therapist knows and is very happy about it. They have all said it has been beneficial to me.

Last edited by EzraS on 08 Nov 2014, 10:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

When I posted this I was feeling isolated. Even though there's threads here I post to, there's many that I just don't fit into as far as my type of autism goes. I guess I was looking for someone around my age who is just like me as far as my autism goes that I could converse with. There's lots of people who have similar stuff, but it's like close but no cigar.

No one is like me here either.

I was diagnosed with Autism before Aspergers was available as a diagnosis, but given my speech regression, I wouldn't have been diagnosed with Aspergers, anyway. While I appear to be high functioning these days, that was definitely not the case when I was young. And even now, while I'm able to support myself, and I get along with "normal" people better than some on the spectrum, I seem to be even less capable of making friends, on or off the spectrum, so I still consider myself profoundly affected.

Your only 14 and you found this place.

It is possible that not many other 14 year olds with any level of Autism has found this forum.

At 14 I was obsessed with Star Trek and I certainly did not have your level of maturity or understanding.

One thing I can tell you is regardless of functioning level or label any form of Autism leads to an isolated life.

There are a few that form relationships but I think most of us are bound for a single life.

My form of Autism is much milder then most but I have failed to form a single relationship or lead an independent life.

To rob your saying close but no cigar.

A level of Autism like mine I sometimes feel I am on the lowest ebb of the group here I have fairly mild symptoms but I have failed at life.

Things go through my head like how much is the autism to blame and how much am I to blame.

Times like now however I feel relaxed and content.
It is this state of mind I have right at the moment I would love for more people here to understand.

We are all people and we are all worth something.

What I am trying to do here is share what experience has thought me place some value in youself.

As regards the rest EsraS in all honesty you come across more intelligent than I do and I think I am pretty smart.

Having autism makes it harder to form relationships with people (all kinds of relationships -- friendships, romance, professional), but it isn't hopeless.

I know how you feel irl

I don't really belong anywhere. But I'm okay with that. I mean, this place is fine, but I don't think I'll ever meet someone just like me. I think that might be a good thing in my case, actually.

Jen- Going off of the dolls thing, I noticed you have a Bitty Twin in your avvie. Do you collect American Girl dolls?

his friends on the internet call him Little Einstein

Yeah I wish there were more lower functioning people on this forum

Me too, for a long while.

I have PDD-NOS, which can be measured to the mild or and moderate level of autism. I can't say knowing where I was, it just said PPD-NOS along with other writing remarks.

It does seem moderate like according to the surroundings, either that or people are placing me under that moderate child like state.

i'd just like to say to those diagnosed as being "severely" autistic: you are not ill. i know that's what a lot of people say about you but you aren't, and i'm sure you don't think so either. if you do, just know that being "normal" is non-existent, so don't focus so much on that stuff. just be you. of course you should help the bad parts out, but autism isn't all bad.