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Originally Posted by Mr. Stranger
Actually, no. As you know I'm not a big fan of therapy and diagnosis for that matter.
ASD is probably one of those disorders that you need to make adjustments. There is no medications for it because the brain is atypical. You need to learn some social skills. To imitate neurotypical people.
As for the correlation between ASD and academia, I think the reason is that people with ASD are usually intellectually smart, but more importantly they suffer socially and cannot fit, so, they compensate in other areas like art and education. Actually, I heard that Einstein was suffering from ASD. Also Issac Newton. I'm not sure about Einstein, but Issac Newton definitely had issues in his social life.
I must add that I have very strong emotions. But I'll have one at a time. Sometimes I feel very sympathetic and very sensitive. Others very angry (I can really hurt people but not physically when I'm angry). Yet others very frustrated. I also switch between them instantly. Any trigger can make me switch.
I wouldn't guess that you have traits of ASD. But to be fair, it's difficult to evaluate a person online. For example, people think I'm sociable online, while I'm actually absolutely not.
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Yes I agree about the adjustment thing, the people I know with ASD have all done that to some degree and with varying degrees of success.
This thread isn't about me but where I score on the AQ are mostly the traits I always previously put down to introversion. I do sometimes struggle socially too, I try very hard to read social cues (again, adaption), I do 'get' what you write about trying to fit in and I express myself better in writing too. (There are other things too, sensory, but like I say it's not about me).