Why do you write about autism? that's an interesting condition, to me. Well, I take an interest in aberrent psychology in general.
Aspergers bears some interesting gifts for people, along with the struggle. I tend to get along well with aspies. I think us empathetic types have a skill with that. Maybe that's why I'm drawn to it, how people can't notice the emotions of others is such a foreign experience to me. I think in some ways a blessing! lol
I think I'm Aspergers, and my son has Autism. I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why so many people could communicate so easily. It was always a difficult task for me, and communication was mostly focused on me, my life, and what I was doing. I couldn't ever get how people could talk about abstract stuff, like Politics or the environment. But through my life, I'm 36 now, I've learned to cope, and study human psychology - I've watched a lot of people lol! - It didn't come easy to me, years of studying, pleasing people. Perhaps that could me my next post. :)
I'm pretty big in the Autistic circles - I've had a few viral posts on the Huff with writing about that.
I asked the doctor last year if I could get tested for it - but they said, "what good would a diagnosis do this late on in my life anyway" - sadly, I think it was a money issue rather than wanting to help me get some clarification.
Also - I've started a little unique system within myself. It's strange actually, I don't know if anyone else does it - but with body language I look at the person and think how of how I'd feel if I were standing / looking like that, and I've learned through my wife how she feels and acts - and attributed that to other women. I must say it works.
10 years ago the world was an absolute mystery for me - things that should have came easy, didn't. Now they do. I've learned how to act in the moment - it's always 'with' the person in front of me, or who I'm talking to, never against. It works wonders with business, and working together with someone to solve problems.