I am an aspie!

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I am not looking for the sympathy card or anything like that, but I am able to state that I have Aspergers (Meaning I am autistic). It took forever to come to terms with the fact that I was on the spectrum, mainly because I see how people treat other people who are autistic, like we're the plague or something. There's a few things I've learned from other people on the spectrum. Some thins I learned are: *People love to think we're slow or stupid: Most of us autistic have a few things we're better at than others. It's what we like we're better at. mine are music, animals, and writing. I'm awful at math (I myself actually have a problem with numbers and also have dyscalculia) The assumption that we have no empathy is false: I've hear the no empathy thing so many times. Our probably isn't the lack of it, it's the fact that we can't read people (and are also hard to read), so with that said we are not mind readers. If someone online has something happen. I myself can relate better because there's none of those cues Autism has no special look This is the one thing I learned that bothers me the most. Daryl Hannah, Courtney Love, and Dan Aykroyd all have Aspergers. Tim Burton hasn't formally been diagnosed but his wife suspects it. Autism can't be fixed plain and simple it can't We are a lot like cats We don't like being touched without asking, we're not overly friendly except to some people, and when we do like people we take it seriously. We can be affectionateThis goes with the last point. I myself am not all touchy feely and I have moments where I want to be friendly and hug people. I just don't want someone randomly to hug me out of the blue. That stuff bothers me. I'm sure there's more I could write about this, but that says most of it. I may eventually post something about what autism feels like for people if anyone's curious. But I'm always able to answer any autism related questions