The social stuff doesn't create a huge problem for me. I keep to myself a lot and when I don't, things usually go OK. I do some attempts to be socially pleasing, but for the major part I am what I am and if people don't like it... not really my problem. I have the same right to exist as they do.

My real issues with Asperger's is that I am quite talented in many areas. But I don't have a kickstart to do things. Or follow through and finish. So many excellent ideas are just left to rot. That hurts me.

Also sucky executive functioning skills affect my everyday life. And my poor sense of time. I forget to eat. I can't get my place to look clean and sane. I miss appointments. I promise to do something next week and I do it a year later.

People usually only see the social part. For me, that part is the far smallest issue. And I even have prosopagnosia, so that should be extra handicapping, but it rarely causes problems.