How many people know that you're Asperger ?

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How many people know that you're Asperger or autistic for that matter?

For example, I have an Asperger and many people see that I have autism

I just wonder how many among us have decent social life despite autism?

Does you have girlfriend/boyfriend when you was teen, and have things with them?

Does you had any problem in school/university/work with socializing?
Or did you have problem with bulling in school or mobbing in workplace?

Does other know that you are aspies?

I think that a lot of people can tell that I have HFA by just meeting me for a few minutes and possibly even just looking at me. However, the amount of people I have actually told or my mom has told is a very small number, probably only 10-20 people we know.

I know of one, possibly two, that I used to regularly interact with; and I have been in groups of people who are all on the spectrum.

Since I retired, I tell everybody. It gives me space. In the workplace, it's very iffy - some people noticed but I didn't tell them.

Anyone that can read - I wear a medical alert ID bracelet

I don't, but I don't really want one. I can only deal with a limited amount of socializing

No boyfriend or girlfriend when I was a teen. I have developmental issues - I was only entering that phase in my 20's, and even then not wonderfully.

I had problems socializing in all three. I did have some bullying in school when I was a child, and changed schools a great deal.

My parents and brother, my best friend, a select few of my other friends and my employers, past and current.

Mine's blatantly obvious, so everyone.

Nobody has mentioned to me that they think I may have Asperger's. I have a lot of friends now, but didn't as a child or even as recently as five years ago.

At this point only a very close friend knows. Actually it's not been a long time since I was diagnosed so I'm still getting used to this and so I'm still learning about how to live with such label and how or if I should tell people about this.
Yeah most people think I'm just weird and that I could easily change if I wanted, but telling them about it may make them see me as a poor mentally sick guy, which isn't something I want too.

I have a handful of friends, and maybe a few dozen more acquaintances.

Only a couple of these people know my autistic history. They all think something is "off" about me in both a positive and negative sense.