Blindness and Autism

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Are there any other blind autistics or Aspies here? I'm blind and have PDD-NOS and would like to find others like me.

I don't know of any, but I heard of something interesting related to this: Two deaf twins, one has Aspergers, but it was hypothesized that she would have full autism if she wasn't deaf.

i have a freind who is visually impaired and has aspergers

I'm a visually-impaired Aspie. I have to say, though, that the autism makes life more challenging than the visual impairments. By far.

The autism definitely does make it harder than the blindness. Although dealing with my eye condition does make it pretty hard because it comes with a lot of other problems. Both the blindness and the autism have combined to make me have major problems getting around. I have very bad spatial awareness and am constantly crashing into things and getting lost.

I'm not blind officially but I'm borderline legally blind. I was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder that was not identified till my senior year of high-school; Incomplete Achromatopsia http://www.lowvision.org/achromatopsia_ ... indnes.htm
I'm extremely nearsighted(my visual acuity is 20/100), I have some colorblindness, very sensitive to lighting conditions; I see better in lower light. After I graduated high-school I spent 6 months at a training center for people who are blind or visually impaired to learn life-skills. One of the many reasons I had AS ruled out when I was officially tested for it was due to my vision. The psychs thought some of my Aspie issues were related to my low vision or the bad childhood I had due to my vision disorder not being recognized & part of the testing involved visual stuff & I did not fit the typical AS pattern. School was a major struggle for me due to not having my vision or AS recognized & I feel like all my school years were a huge waste except for causing me to have post traumatic stress & lots of other anxiety & emotional problems. I was destined to s#ck at life from the moment I was born

I have a condition called septo-optic dysplasia. My optic nerves are underdeveloped. It also comes with lots of other problems. I also had glaucoma until it got so bad I got my eye removed.