classic codger

Hi Wesley I had exactly the same experiences in life as you, apart from inprisonment which, had it happened, wouldn't have made the slightest difference to me apart from adding to the harm that Homo Sapiens generally does to Homo Aspie. I tend to think that we are the next evolution of humanity, and that if WE were in charge of organising society that it would be a very different place - calmer, more fair, certainly less intrusive and a whole world of difference in equality. You prompted something in me with your reference about inner mental power, I wonder if it's something we should explore as a group, so I'll ask if others have ever had these thoughts cross their minds?

I've always done the same. I'm sure that people think sometimes that I'm taking the p**s, and that can be unhelpful, but I think that it's really a part of that 'copy and paste' behaviour that we do to try and fit in. Now that I'm diagnosed, I just go with it.

I agree with Livelife, and a point well made. Put your own house in order by whatever means are your choice, but there are much bigger and wider issues about so called 'Homo Sapiens' and their nature. I suspect that 'Homo Aspie' sees things very differently anyway, but we're still a version of human.