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half-n-half aspiegirl
I am about half and half AS and NT (the best of both 
It serves me well in the corporate research environment -- (hypersystemetizer, high focus, think outside the box, great problem solver), and it also is a curse because of my extremely overactive insula (mirror neurons unusually active = high empathy = feel others' pain).
I serve as teacher and mediator to my college-age aspie son.
It serves me well in the corporate research environment -- (hypersystemetizer, high focus, think outside the box, great problem solver), and it also is a curse because of my extremely overactive insula (mirror neurons unusually active = high empathy = feel others' pain). I serve as teacher and mediator to my college-age aspie son.
- Birthday
- November 21
- Location
- Oregon
- Diagnosis Status
- Not Sure
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- PhD Chemical Engineer and Research Scientist
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I'm the best of both worlds!
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