I made it too - finally although I think alot of people would have seen me a success for most of my life.

Thanks for adding positive messages to the aspies here - the board tends to be very negative and discouraging.

I wouldnt trade my aspergers for anything I love being highly intelligent! Some others may not like it but I have a good life.

My son has asperger's and I think I do to now that I know about it because of him. I am ok I don't think I made it though. Not from the aspergers but from a lot of other crap in my life. If I didn't think like I did growing up I would be on heroin or something.

I love someone, who I strongly suspect, is AS as well as some other personality related issues. Right now, I see where in many ways it "has him". We have not had the open honst discussion about AS yet and he does acknowledge, there is something not right with him. He knows somewhere, something is missing the mark. I see it very clearly.

I could not love this person more or less, if he did or didn't have AS. I think he is who he is, a loving, caring, special, and deeply loyal person. So are all you on here who have AS, as well as those of us here that don't. We are all ppl, trying to do the best we can, with what we have.

Thank you all so much! You are a sense of strength for me, that no one else could be, or would even understand. To me,you all are true heroes with great courage!

Right on Fayth1131! I feel the same way! Although I still experience challenges with my AS, I wouldn't change myself because I too like being intelligent and couldn't imagine being any different!

Trinity

@Justaseed - Bless your heart for having such compassion for us! You know, if I could think of anything that a partner could say to me to make me feel more comfortable and make me try even harder to be the best mate/spouse I could be, it would be this:

Telling me (or any aspie) that although we are aspies, we're just as wonderful as everyone else, and that it's okay to be ourselves (flaws and all)! I think that it's very hard for an aspie to truly be themselves without feeling either out of place, out of order, or somehow misunderstood, but if someone whom we deem as special told us it's okay for us to be ourselves around them, it would mean the world! When you do talk to your aspie loved one, let them know that, and see the positive reactions you receive from them!

Be well!

Trinity

I love the comments I hear in this discussion - about how great it is to be an Aspie. I have heard people ask the question on other sites: If they invented a pill to cure Asperger Syndrome, would you take it?

I would have to answer "NO". I like who I am, and I spent my entire life being Me. Sure there are some bad traits, or ones that sometimes cause problems, but there are other traits that make us really great, really interesting, very caring, loyal, honest and determined individuals. Now that I know what my shortcomings are, I can begin to cope with the problematic traits; and also take more advantage of the great things about being me.

I am a great person because of my AS and I want to stay the way I am. I like being me now that I know who and what I am : )

hi well i know inside i have aspergers mildly as im basically too old now at age 37 mines undiagnosed. i have all the other things that go with it my special internet is cats and love anything to do with computers. my partners son has a child whos classic autism and is high functioning. Hes very very hard work. tiring at times. But i really feel like we both connect and i understand him in an amazing way.

justaseed - you sound like an awesome soul!

Trinity and Why - thanks for the posts I will use this info with my son.

kysmit - how lucky for your partners child that you are there!

I would not give my son a pill to change him. I love him the way he is. Its not about changing him to me its about making sure he knows I love I him and how awesome he is. He is awesome! He has the most wonderful ideas!

hi there alex yea it makes it easy when theres people who understand each other.