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I Am My Own Autistic Lab Rat Topic = example one example of how my process can end in self sobotage

  Beginning way back before age thirty I have had periods of desperately searching for more information to help better understand the things that make different from most. where dose X diverge from being neurotypical and become neurodivergent, to what degree do I view Y as an advantage or disadvantage and what are the ramifications. ECTERA AD INFINITUM!   Over the last couple of days I have put a great deal of effort into provocatively redirecting my focus on this as a way of pulling back from the newly discovered sources of fresh, insightful and potentially life altering information available. There is a danger in this that I do not fault those who have never faced it in not comprehending. There is no sarcasm intended in sating that "they simply would not understand".    Having just deleted 4 well written paragraphs of explanation and personal impact I rerun to my original point. With the exception of  mentioning that I was for the first time able to derail an out of control
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I Am My Own Autistic Lab Rat Topic = Background And Basics

   I have been diagnosed with Asperger's, Depression and ADD as well as a separate anxiety disorder. I am all but certain I inherited my place on the spectrum from my father. I intern have passed it down to three out of five of my children with one in denial. They are without exception amazing individuals with some aspects that they alone have.    The most important thing to know about the "Autism Spectrum" is that there are no safe assumptions. None. You can take a random ten people with a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and the variety of their issues will be more diverse than aligned.   Autism was first officially described in the mid 1940s but it wasn't until 1987 when it finally became a beneficial diagnosis. Even then it had a long way to go. I was born in 1963. At that time I was just lazy, disruptive, unruly etc.The most polite description from any teacher ever included "He's so smart, he just won't rise to his potential". Not an uncommon
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Location: Vancouver, WA
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