Best/Worst thing about being an aspie?

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What is the single best and worst thing do you find about being an aspie?

For me :

Best thing- not being and NT

Worst thing - not being and NT

Best things - The richness of my inner world and being able to understand other aspies

Worst things - Social insecurity and workplace issues with unsympathetic NTs

Best thing -- no danger of getting involved in social crap without even realizing it
Not doing anything out of a whim i would have to regret later on

Worst thing -- being asked why i am so different from "all the others"
Being considered mentally ret*d due to my speech problems.

I agree that the worst thing about being Aspy is to not be NT. I think for me, the best thing about being Aspy is that I am comfortable being alone, and can find things to do to keep myself occupied, without having to impose on others for companionship or to keep me entertained. My younger brother's former fiancee could not stand to be alone at all. She was always making him drop her off at the town house apartment I shared with my mother (it was close to his job). Or she would call us to come stay at their house for several hours to keep her company and entertain her. This kept her from doing the chores, so that bugged my brother. It also kept me and my mother from doing our stuff, which bugged us, too. She even made my brother get her a dog to keep her company, but that didn't help because what she really wanted was human company, so nothing changed, until they broke up. Her parents got custody of my baby nephew, and my mother and I got custody of the dog. Ha! Ha! Ha! Fortunately, we had a good relationship with the fiancee's parents, so we got to see my nephew occasionally. We lived too far away for frequent visits. My nephew is now a young man, and as for the dog, he was a really nice border collie/lab cross, and we kept him for many years, until the end of his life. One more thing, prior to the break up, the dog always thought that we were coming to their house to visit him!

The best thing - My intelligence.

The worst thing - People assuming that because I am intelligent that I should not need any help / could not possibly have AS.

Worst thing: Everything about it.

Best thing: Um....uhh....that I don't look or laugh at people who look a bit odd because I know how they feel type of thing.....

Best thing - My special interests and my imaginary world

Worst thing - Not being able to function in society and being misunderstood

Best Thing: My intelligence, and if it's related to my Asperger's, my imagination and creativity.

Worst Thing: Right now it's the Autistic Inertia thing were I'm having trouble getting anything done, especially in a reasonable amount of time, but overall it's that I have problems related to socializing and fitting in with NT people.

Best thing: Having a mind of my own and not being scared to speak it.

Wrost thing: Being very stressed out and nervus around NTs my own age.

For me some of the best things are my special intense interests and my autistic talent savant skills.

As for the worst things---I have come to accept autism with its challenges, so therefore I cannot name worst things---I accept autism as a complete package.

I have NVLD, so it's probably a tad different.

Best thing, the ability to soak up pretty much any amount of knowledge I care to on any topic, and analyze everything. Also, the "special interests" allows me to, if I try, get very good/high level/high knowledge on anything I set my mind to as I get "obsessed" and get good at it. Like the amount of things I know how to do is pretty vast and surprising. Really, it seems anything I get into, I get into wholeheartedly.

Bad part, not being able to "connect" with people very well. I'm able to superficially just seem very intelligent if a bit quirky/awkward, which is somewhat bad, but I can live with that pretty easily. The problem is a lack of connection with people, I'm smart, good looking, now becoming athletic, etc, I'm theoretically everything a female would want, just my inability to "connect" ruins things. I can never really "connect" with people. I'm good enough with people that it no longer really causes me problems too much, but I can't seem to "connect" with people of any kind very well. Also, the people I do connect with are usually quite older than me or foreigners. Usually when I'm around people my own age, I'm just like "uh...wtf are you doing?" the entire time I'm with them.

Equivalent exchange I guess.

Best: An almost obsessive determination to do things just so, which yields a higher-quality result than what my counterparts at other divisions usually produce.

Worst: Being unable to effectively communicate the need for doing things just so to those who work with me.

Best: I'm glad i'm aspie, because i would like to be a normal teen who gets drunk and socializes all the time. I'm glad i achieved things while i have been young. So that's the best thing about being an aspie imho.

Worst: Awkward silences.

Best part: Being able to learn anything if I find an interest in it. Caring about knowing.
Worst part: getting quickly tired of people. I'd like to be able to enjoy my friends for longer periods of time without getting an urge to "get rid of them".

Best: Special interests, they provide fun and entertainment
Worst: Everything else

Worst: social ineptitude, especially with long term relationships.
Best: freedom of thought.