Hi. Happy to find these forums.
As the title states, I'm a 32 yr old female Aspie. I was diagnosed at age 29, confirming long speculation of self and others that I probably had it.
I'm happily married. However, I don't have any especially close friends. I do participate socially at church. I write well, so the bulk of my social communication is online through the written word, whether through social media or forums of this sort.
I did well academically. Employment has been a struggle, though, due to executive function issues and a poor ability to read and respond to social cues "properly," and occasional temper problems when conflict and unexpected things arise on the job. I have had some moderate success as a substitute teacher (I do best as an aide in Special Ed classes) and direct support professional (assisting individuals with developmental disabilities in their homes), but I tend to burn out after about a year or so, even in those fields, so I pretty much go back and forth between them.
I have no children. I have not ruled out completely having one in the future, but at my age, it will probably only be one, if husband and I decide to after all.
My interests include reading, writing, sports (especially basketball), music, collecting things (particularly basketball trading cards), philosophizing, and daydreaming.
I'm much more of a language thinker than a visual one (I cannot navigate anywhere without a GPS, for instance), although I do have synesthesia with music where I see shapes, colors, textures, and other spatial things. I'm also easily excited by viewing "hot" guys.
I'm a pretty black-and-white thinker from what I've been repeatedly told; I try to reduce ambiguity and cognitive dissonance whenever possible. I don't have deficits in imagination or ability to understand metaphor or symbol. I _do_ have some humor deficits, including often taking sarcasm literally unless it's quite obvious. I have lots of obsessions, both good and bad.
That's about it. See you all around the forums!
As the title states, I'm a 32 yr old female Aspie. I was diagnosed at age 29, confirming long speculation of self and others that I probably had it.
I'm happily married. However, I don't have any especially close friends. I do participate socially at church. I write well, so the bulk of my social communication is online through the written word, whether through social media or forums of this sort.
I did well academically. Employment has been a struggle, though, due to executive function issues and a poor ability to read and respond to social cues "properly," and occasional temper problems when conflict and unexpected things arise on the job. I have had some moderate success as a substitute teacher (I do best as an aide in Special Ed classes) and direct support professional (assisting individuals with developmental disabilities in their homes), but I tend to burn out after about a year or so, even in those fields, so I pretty much go back and forth between them.
I have no children. I have not ruled out completely having one in the future, but at my age, it will probably only be one, if husband and I decide to after all.
My interests include reading, writing, sports (especially basketball), music, collecting things (particularly basketball trading cards), philosophizing, and daydreaming.
I'm much more of a language thinker than a visual one (I cannot navigate anywhere without a GPS, for instance), although I do have synesthesia with music where I see shapes, colors, textures, and other spatial things. I'm also easily excited by viewing "hot" guys.
I'm a pretty black-and-white thinker from what I've been repeatedly told; I try to reduce ambiguity and cognitive dissonance whenever possible. I don't have deficits in imagination or ability to understand metaphor or symbol. I _do_ have some humor deficits, including often taking sarcasm literally unless it's quite obvious. I have lots of obsessions, both good and bad.That's about it. See you all around the forums!
