Being treated like a child as an adult.

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I am so oversensitive to it anymore I always think everyone is talking to me like I am 5. Anytime I go to a restaurant alone and the server calls me bud or anything like that I want to hit him... so have never though lol.

I take things too personally too often to be considered an adult.

I'm sorry but I would have found his reply funny lololol and probably would have replied with "well, more like a fossil but fart will do...".

PN fossils are cool...I study them

I get talked down to, or over, quite frequently

It takes me quite awhile to gain respect from co-workers, possibly because I'm younger than the other professionals.

In social settings I am pretty used to it, but I still find it incredibly rude when someone cuts me off.

Maybe the supervisor is a bit oversensitive about his age? Just a thought.

People seem surprised when i do something adult like, and i generally get talked down to.

I hate the babytalk too, but at least it means they're trying to be "nice", acting in a way that they hope isn't going to freak you out or intimidate you. But then, it just becomes awkward trying to explain that you're not that screwed up, because they might take it the wrong way and get offended that you're rejecting their efforts to accomodate you.

The babytalk isn't the worst thing though, the lack of any credibility at all even when you can demonstrate that you are far more knowledgable than they are, is worse, and even worse still is when other people make decisions for you, forcing you into doing things by exploiting your cluelessness about how to get out of certain social situations.

Until two weeks ago I never heard of AS before. But having been told I am likely suffering (as they call it) from it everything has changed. Now people who used to treat me like any other adult now seems to see and speak to me as if I am completely unable to comprehend sentences of more then 5 words. They use that tone as well you use with a child when they disagree with something I have planned or want to do that they do not agree with. One such thing happens to be my plans to head back to Alaska in 2 months because its the only guaranteed job I have right now. If nothing better comes along I know I can always go back there.

It was hard enough before trying to interact with people in general when you are not very good at it but now that I am labeled with a mental syndrome its about beyond my tolerance level. And all this only drives home the idea of leaving Michigan behind even more now especially any chance of job here is next to zero with or without my lack of interview skills.