Who on TA is autistic or has autism?

[Annihilus]

I cannot at first trust the domesticated, conditioned dogs, but I can communicate or a better word - commune with the wild dingoes.

I can sort of read humans by deduction but since that is a somewhat lengthier process subtleties completely elude me or sometimes "the answer" pops in my head two days later. I miss the associated emotions anyway so bit robot like

[Anglo-Celtic]

I'm the opposite of autistic, but the OCD is another thing. That's more than enough to fill my "problematic" quota.

[Aila]

I can sort of read humans by deduction but since that is a somewhat lengthier process subtleties completely elude me or sometimes "the answer" pops in my head two days later. I miss the associated emotions anyway so bit robot like

So, how is reading animals different or easier?

[Annihilus]

So, how is reading animals different or easier?

for one they are always sincere and have no ulterior motives, they act more on instinct and somehow I have no problem with that.

[Hoosierboy]

Anyone that bumps classification threads.

[Hoosierboy]

Anyone that bumps classification threads.

Or even partakes in them

[Ylla]

I think a lot of members have it. It’s painful being neurotypical on this site tbh.

[Incal]

I think it's way easier to name the ones who are not: I think Andullero, Bras and Caponniere are the only non-autists on here.

[Ellethwyn]

In all my 36 years i've never considered if I am autistic, until this year when my 15 year old daughter flat out said at dinner, " Mom, i'm pretty sure you're autistic." This was a few months ago, and I've given it little thought until this week.

Inmostlight mentioned connective tissue disorder being associated with autism. That sparked my curiosity. I do have hEDS. A lot of ppl don't know this about me, but when I was in elementary school from kindergarten to first grade, they wanted to hold me back, simply because I literally did not speak at school. I would talk to my mom and brothers, but I was an extremely quiet child and I never spoke to anyone else until second grade. I spoke a tiny bit to my teacher then.

Also looking back on my childhood I never laughed, unless i was tickled, and I would often wonder when other ppl laughed why they did so? I could never find something to bring it out of me. I've always been considered a very serious person, and also a very passionate person. If I look through my childhood pictures, I never smiled in any of them. I've just chalked it all up to being a sad child with anxiety.

I never had lasting friendships, and I still don't. I'm horrible in groups. And I spent a lot of my younger years studying people ( and I still do) to try and fit in. It caused me a lot of frustration over the years, not being able to make connections. I've always been called "weird" and I consider myself eccentric. I take after my father a lot. He was a very serious man. He spent his childhood alone a lot taking apart radios and even started his own business as a kid, repairing radios in the 50's. Just thinking about him today, I wonder if he was autistic? I guess just because he was incredibly smart. He was a project engineer for aerojet for 35 years. And he didn't even have a college degree! He won an Aerospace award for design when he was quite young and was hired on as head manager of some impressive projects at 20! He was the youngest person to be manager of such projects. He had me at 56... so he was old when I was growing up and retired at 55. I know he has a kind of photographic memory, and I have that to some extent, as well. I don't care if I am on the spectrum or not, but I guess it would explain some things...

but i CAN read ppl. I read them incredibly well and i am very empathetic.

[Jana]

Yes.

I'm Aspie and have connective tissue disorder too so think it's connected. I also appeared tomboy in childhood (and still am) but that's likely because female Aspie interests resemble more male ones.

I'm daughter of an engineer who had me at older age too (this is also very common, I studied this)

I only had romantic success with other Aspies (mostly) and usually am exclusively interested in male autists as well, even subconsciously.