Can autism affect you academically? My sister has autism (aspengers) and she has a bad memory. I think that she may have dyspraxia and she said that autism is not a learning difficulty. She can work for a long time and stay focused, but she forgets everything. She is going to be tested for dyspraxia in August hopefully. Also, I have noticed that she walks quite fast and she smiles to herself a lot, is this a common symptom of autism? Sometimes, she does not realise that she is smiling to herself.

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Reply 11

1st superstar

Original post by Euci

As the title says
AMA

Have you ever been discriminated against because of your autism?

Reply 12

1st superstar

Original post by AnonymousNoMore

Who isn't nowadays?

Please don't say this... Not everyone is autistic

Reply 13

BrDy

would you consider yourself stereotypically autistic/do people pick up on it?

Reply 14

73iso

Do you have Asparagus?

Reply 15

Euci

Original post by black tea

Is there anything that you think is good about having autism?

umm. Yeah. I often have hobbies and interests that I could talk about for hours

Original post by anon5252

autism affects people in different ways. One factor of my autism is that I like to talk to myself more often than others do, so I can't say for certain
With regards to your first question, yes, people find that I am very good at maths and sciences

Original post by 1st superstar

Have you ever been discriminated against because of your autism?

as I said above, I talk to myself more than other people and that has caused bullying

Reply 16

1st superstar

Original post by Euci

umm. Yeah. I often have hobbies and interests that I could talk about for hours

autism affects people in different ways. One factor of my autism is that I like to talk to myself more often than others do, so I can't say for certain
With regards to your first question, yes, people find that I am very good at maths and sciences

as I said above, I talk to myself more than other people and that has caused bullying

I see

Reply 17

Euci

Original post by BrDy

would you consider yourself stereotypically autistic/do people pick up on it?

it depends on the scenario. If I am finding it stressful, then its a lot easier to see that I have autism. Other times I say I'm autistic and get a shocked response

Original post by 73iso

Do you have Asparagus?

I dunno. I'll have to ask cause I can't go and look cause I'm hooked up to a dialysis machine

Reply 18

Euci

Original post by AnonymousNoMore

Because it allows self victimisation and victimisation by society and gives people an excuse nt to be self sufficent and self responsible

just because I have the label of autism doesn't mean I'm not independant and self responsible. If we weren't in a quarantine and I wasn't in end stage renal failure, I'd be living on my own

Reply 19

ClaudiaVan

Autism is just another way of seeing and navigating the world! I feel proud to have Asbergers as it allows me to see both the fine details and the bigger picture... truly wonderful! It can be difficult a lot of the time but you learn strategies to help you get through it! Anything is possible!