Yes, online socializing can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have MUCH longer to think up responses, and you can go back and edit your messages before you send them. In the case of message boards like this one, you can even delete or edit posts AFTER you make them!
On the other hand, it's a common thing with Asperger's to either ignore or obsess over things. Our focus tends to be very narrow and intense - hence, obsessing over one thing, or a few things, and ignoring everything else. Hence, some very fast responses followed by a week or more without responding. I'm sort of like this on this board - there were periods of months I didn't post at all, and periods I made 5+ posts a day. My overall average is a little over 1.
So I wouldn't consider it at all unusual to go long periods of time without responding online due to something else grabbing 90-100% of your attention for days or weeks...
And just a little rant: this is an Asperger's/autism board, and the spell check underlines Asperger's! You'd think it would recognize that word...
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Your Aspie score: 98 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 103 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
AQ: 33
16 Jan 2013, 10:48 pm
