Just Me?

[Dark]

I'm always curious about how many of my various quirks and idiosyncracies are shared by the ASD community at large, so I thought I'd start a thread for the purpose of exploring and discovering our respective similarities and differences - however common or bizarre they may be!

I'll start things off with a weird one: When I see a word off by itself (whether it's the name of something, or just emphasized on a billboard/sign/poster/etc.) I have this compulsion to flip it around in my head and pronounce it backwards. Just me?

 

[GoofKing]

I though I was the only one who noticed many similarities between me and my fellow Aspies ...

 

[wyverary]

I think I've shared this here before, but when I first saw this comic, I was like, "Holy crap, that's me!"

xkcd: Iambic Pentameter

 

[Dark]

I think I've shared this here before, but when I first saw this comic, I was like, "Holy crap, that's me!"

xkcd: Iambic Pentameter

That's awesome - Although, I usually try to avoid doing this kind of thing in case people think I'm trying to be clever

 

[Autism]

I'm always curious about how many of my various quirks and idiosyncracies are shared by the ASD community at large, so I thought I'd start a thread for the purpose of exploring and discovering our respective similarities and differences - however common or bizarre they may be!

I'll start things off with a weird one: When I see a word off by itself (whether it's the name of something, or just emphasized on a billboard/sign/poster/etc.) I have this compulsion to flip it around in my head and pronounce it backwards. Just me?

I do that sometimes. The way I play with words is a little different. Since I am bilingual many words have double meaning in both languages. Also, I tend to concentrate on certain syllables of words and they themselves have an entirely different meaning too. Or a part of a word can be an explanation for a question associated with it. There are so many ways, endless.