Im glad you know you arent stupid. God has given ALL us us our ABILITIES & LIMITATIONS for us to figure out how they apply in our own lives.

Sadly some people overlay DIFFICULTIES learning & comprehending with being stupid rather than understanding the need to work within your limitations to bring out yoyr abilities.

Some things we will NEVER be able to do & we have to accept our God given limitations & look for our abilities in a different place. For instance, I got my AA degree in music. I wanted to be a professional flute player. I practiced 8 hours a day, had an outstanding instructor but my playing got worse nit better. I had to acknowledge that being a professional flute player was not within my abiluty or talent. I changed majors & ended up successfully having a career in computer engineering but it took years & years of more work on my part. I wasnt stupid because I couldnt learn how to play my flute well enough to be a concert professional. It just wasnt where my talents lied. My computer engineering path wasnt easy either. Everything we do in life takes hard work & an AWARENESS of what is needed to succeed....which is even more of a challenge when ASD is involved.

My ex Husband was ASD & was a computer engineer also. He could do his job well enough. His HUGE TROUBLE always came with interfacing with management & the other employees around him. It limited his success. Accepting our limitations & working wirhin them is critical.

Its nice to have someone we can talk through our problems with. HOWEVER IT IS BEST to have a professional therapist to do this with because DISCUSSING oyr problems with friends OVERLOADS THEM WITH OUR PROBLEMS & is NOT fair to them.

I have friends I share some of my issues with but I talk indepth aboyt my problems with my psycholigist who is trained to help me learn how to handle the difficult situations I have to deal with. I WOULD NEVER consider taking those issues to friends. They know at surface level most things. We need a good Therapist to help us LEARN how to deal with our problems. That is NOT a job for friends.