One Autism Trait You're Pleased About

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I didn't think I'd be able to post on this thread as 1. I haven't been diagnosed so don't know if my traits are autism 2. I didn't think any of my traits were pleasing.

After reading your post I have to agree that spending a lot of time alone and not feeling lonely is definately a positive ( although I'm not sure what lonely feels like , I don't think I've experienced it )

A different view: on situations and people. Situations: usually pretty rational. People: Maybe a naive optimism.

Being able to read a product description and know immediately if the claims violate the laws of physics and engineering. I can also see where a structure will break by imagining it produced in half-cooked pasta, and later learned to calculate such things from books.

I'm pleased by many of my traits. That's why I like to celebrate my autism the way that I do.

I should also add - good thread OP. I think identifying positive attributes of the neurodiverse is too rare. Hopefully more people take some time to think about what makes them great (instead of the opposite) and posts it here.

Many of them; for instance, I knew the entire Scotrail network and SPT network (central belt area: now administrated by Scotrail) maps from 2005 to 2009 with impeccable direction and focus, then I started to believe that my specific preoccupation with the reflecting trains was disruptive to my prospects and wiped it out. Today even though my interest in modern trains operated in Scotland is long gone, I still remember most of it, but not quite as near as it was back then. Very strange, yet mesmerizing visual perceptual memory ability.

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Intense empathy for animals. (A more pleasing trait overall than the aforementioned pattern-spotting).

I would say my empathy and love of animals is also my best trait.

This ^^^^ And art and being able to become competent at something if I develop a deep interest in it even if there are deficits. Also I may have some super recogniser traits,although I may not put it down to ASD but it's possible that my brain being wired for detail is what helps. Hyper Focus being able to do something non stop for days or weeks at a time. Oh and detail.

Perseverance and grit are understated traits and ones all people should have. It gets people through a lot of difficult times and helps people tackle difficult tasks.

Special interests/obsessions have always been my strongest autistic trait and my favorite one.

My personality. I feel I would be a boring generic person without it.

Haha I was just telling my bro this morning that I am possibly a super recogniser, worst super power ever I have found that I am incredibly determined and will keep persisting well beyond what makes most people rage quit. I get in the zone, get tunnel vision and nothing will stop me

^I concur.

Also, dry / dark / inappropriate humour (I consider this a positive trait as long as it is shared with like-minded people), and I concur about the high empathy & ability to connect with animals (even though this leads to quite some painful experiences sometimes).

Yeah, persistence has a tendency to cause friction between me and my coworkers... but on occasion, I'm proven right.

So, I guess, a tendency to be right? A moral compass? I dunno...