Just introducing myself. I am 48 and have many of the symptoms of being on the autism spectrum although the thought of that being the case never really entered my mind until I was around 40 and had people telling me they thought I had Asperger's and/or that I might be on the autism spectrum. I got married about two and a half years ago and my very astute wife has researched it extensively and is convinced I am somewhere on the spectrum. I have also been to a neuropsychologist who didn't put a label on what I had, but, after some testing, largely confirmed it. She said, "For you to get to where you can operate normally each day you essentially have to put in the effort that it takes to climb Mt. Everest." I do believe I have pretty good intelligence but have also long felt that certain "normal" things (standard executive function?) just do not come easily to me and some things I really don't compute at all. I even remember being around 7 or 8 and feeling rather bright in some ways but also having a realization that in some ways my brain function was stunted, for lack of a better word.
So, just looking for a group where I can talk about these things, and from having looked through some of the other threads here I believe this could be a good group for that.
So, just looking for a group where I can talk about these things, and from having looked through some of the other threads here I believe this could be a good group for that.