My Experience On This Site.

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I find this site both humbling and has an equalizing effect,as whatever our abilities or difficulties, this site has us meet on the same level if that makes sense? And it is good.

For example, some of you on this site are amazing intelectuals and may have initially joined after one thing led to another which made you question things where you decided to go for an assessment and were found to be on the spectrum... So you joined to make sense of the assessment results... Where you may not have been struggling in any way...

And at the other end of the spectrum there are those who are strugling on a daily basis with all sorts of difficulties.

And what came to me is that this site is a great equalizer. Where (If we can) we offer each other advice and just enjoy a chat or we can ask questions...

This site provides the level playing field.... And it is amazing! Why? Because I would have never connected with such a group of tallented and genuine people (And you are all tallented whatever your IQ levels are. I have seen more common sense in a person in here who claims to have a low IQ, then I have seen through many others in the outside world who think of themselves as superior).

And another really special thing that I have noticed about this site. We can open up and not feel ashamed. I mean... If we tried to open up in the real world out there, unless we were fortunate to find just the right person to open up to, we would end up in trouble. Yet in here, we have these freedoms (If we do overstep the mark the moderators can have a word and sort out our mistakes). So it means there is not the fear attached to opening up that there can be in the outside world, and I find this liberating.

Yes, we do need to be respectful and not take things to the extremes...

This site is such a blessing.

Fully agree, this site is special, and a refuge from the loneliness of the world. Reading posts here is a rare opportunity to connect with people who go through similar things no matter where they are in life - I enjoy all the unique personalities and perspectives, and the willingness to have conversations about anything at all. We all have so much to learn from each other.

You are all a blessing! And I want to say a BIG thank you to everybody who has helped me work out what the shutdowns were and all the other traits I have which I never knew I had... (If I go back in time and someone would have told me about where I am now, I would not believe it!) Life can have surprizes. And I don't know for sure if I am on the autistic spectrum or not. But I know I have traits... And the shutdowns ad partial shutdowns... I never knew that it is what they are. I was never able to explain them to doctors or anybody in the past. I tried and tried and tried!

This site, and also the autism experts I saw... Well. Everyone who has helped me on my journey have been such a blessing! It has been amazing!

And I have hope now. I can pick up the pieces knowing what the pieces are. Before it was like trying to do a jigsaw with my eyes closed! Now I can see! Thank you all for what you have done! I am thrilled as I have hope!

Good for you that you feel that way. Personally though I find this site to be rather hostile, or a certain part of it to be more specific, but it's usable as long as I avoid that part of the forum and try not to talk about certain subjects too much.

MG, you are a blessing for this site. Really.

I just joined this site today and have begun to look around to see if I made the right decision in joining. Reading your post helps me feel that I did make the right decision. Thank you for posting.

Welcome Legomom. Take a seat and enjoy.

CarlM. Yes. I find it amazing as I have learned so much about myself and others experiences.