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01 Jul 2016, 2:21 pm

ZombieBrideXD wrote:
Aspergers is an invisible disability. I cant hide it because theres nothing to hide.

If you mean social problems i try to follow social rules best i can, but being awkward and maybe hard to read is unaviodable and cannot be hidden. Most people who have a conversation with me can tell im a tad different or strange but they just categorize it as "artsy" or "easily distracted" "in her own little world" which is out of my control.

If you mean telling people my diagnoses, i only tell people my diagnoses if they ask, or if its relevant.

But other than that i cant hide things i cant control and i theres nothing phisically to hide.


Is not always invisible but yes you xan't looking someone and tell that he has asperger but if you get know with him/her you will understand his/her social awkwardness it's difficult to hide



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01 Jul 2016, 7:24 pm

NoName93 wrote:
Yes not all people with asperger are gifted but many aspies (probably the majority) have very high IQ


I didn't think it was possible to get more depressed, but here we are.



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01 Jul 2016, 8:43 pm

I hide it unconsciously because I trained myself to not stand out in seventh grade when my friend seemed embarrassed by me.

Recently though, I've been trying to untrain myself from this, because I want to be more authentic.

I guess I would say I'm proud of having Asperger's, since I consider it an important part of myself and would not get rid of it if I could. ^^


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01 Jul 2016, 9:24 pm

Hide it completely, it is not something I talk about besides to professionals. I'm not going to explain it to someone, most people are way too stupid to grasp the concept and I feel would ridicule me so no.



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01 Jul 2016, 9:26 pm

NoName93,
I've been told that I hide my autism very well, and I'm pretty sure I can hide my social awkwardness well too, though admittedly I'm rather old and experienced, and I keep away from the real "screaming" neurotypicals and dyed-in-the-wool mainstreamers because I don't generally like them. They'd have to be pretty well-versed in ASD to spot mine, which most people aren't. As for the social awkwardness, even my partner of 3 years can't yet tell when I'm feeling that way. Somehow I've learned to come over as looking relaxed and in control, it seems, though inside I'm often very unsure of myself socially. Yet if somebody asks me if I have ASD, I'll probably tell them the truth. A couple of people I knew were having a bit of a laugh about a mutual acquaintance who appears very ASD, saying "he's well on the spectrum, hee hee!" and I cut in and said "well, so am I." They were very surprised and said that I hid it well.



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02 Jul 2016, 5:36 am

It would be nice if some Aspies who become successful in life, reveal them self it would be nice because it would give confidence to loot of ASD people, especially kids.
For example, if I was president of the Polish, or even a member of parliament of Poland, I would reveal that I am autistic :mrgreen: