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Old Apr 25, 2014, 06:55 PM
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You can have pretty good social skills and still have autism. I have Asperger's and I feel it does make me different but I still don't have the more extreme social issues other aspies might have. I have always had friends. I talk to people fine, I go with the flow. I don't miss really obvious signs like crying or laughing (doubt many would).

I more like organization and also diagnosed with ADD. I lack routines, it takes me forever to get something organized and I'm very messy.

I have some of the sensitivities common in autism but not many.

I do have or at least had strong focus on interests.

My social problems are that I'm quite gullible because I never remember people do and think things I'm not aware of, and that they might not have the same ethics I do, and that I simply cannot stand shallow people. People perceive me more on the quirky/impulsive side and less on the aspie side. I myself see me as an aspie though, although I can't really relate well with aspies without ADD. So I guess I'm sort of neither pure AS and neither pure ADD.

Sometimes people can see things we can't, too. Like they can maybe see deficits in interaction we can't see ourselves. It seems like you settled on the ADD side of things and maybe you are right. But also know it does not take a very severe social handicap to have AS, if it is in combination with other traits. Some people with AS have very poor social skills and better organization skills. So even within a diagnosis there can be different strengths and weaknesses.
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