Specific Things you like about Aspergers

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Not much. I feel painfully self-conscious about being different, and my symptoms bring me a lot of grief. I'm not a savant and I can barely function on my own.

Among the few things I enjoy are my vivid imagination, clearly defined interests, and an ability to remember and organize facts.

intelligence and inquisitiveness for sure.
also it's nice to see a more positive thread, you don't see many of those around here i've found

Asperger's has never helped me and I have always been ashamed of it. Thankfully now that I'm on antidepressants I am more able to forget about Asperger's and not dwell on it so much, but I still wish I never had it.

I suppose it's good for people who are really intelligent, like have an IQ well over 100 or something. But I don't have an IQ well over 100. It falls around average, sometimes underaverage.

So, yeah, there's not much about Asperger's that I have to smile about. All it did was isolate me, and although I'm not so isolated any more (because I have gone a LONG way to help myself), I still feel insecure if I think about Asperger's too deeply. I often get jealous of all those people out there who wasn't born with Asperger's - or any other disability. I know this family who had 7 kids, and every child is completely NT with no disabilities at all, and all have confidence in every area. They are all young adults now and seem to be getting on. Yes they probably had a few hiccups along the way but they still are doing OK.

Another thing I hate about Asperger's is it's so contagious. If one sibling has it, the rest seem to develop emotional problems like depression, anxiety, oversensitive personality, etc. I don't know why it has to be like that for.

I love that I can live as a ghost. I can lock myself in an office at work and just exist, as far as the outside world is concerned, on the end of a text message or e mail. I love appearing not really to exist at all and not having to inter act with anyone in a physical context. I can simply exist as a virtual entity. It suits me fine and im happy with it

At school, I admired the nerds. I thought, they were awsome, but I didn´t think, that I had the potential of becoming one of them. I wish, that I had believed a bit more in myself.
One of the things, I like about having aspergers is my logic and my visually constructive mind.