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Recent content by Peeweezers

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    Any college graduate aspies here?

    I loved college/university. I started off as a music major (Baritone Horn) but graduated with a degree in history and East Asian Studies. I was at University of California at Santa Cruz in the late 1970s, when David Huffman (Huffman Coding) taught there, and I suspect there were many others on...
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    An Aspie moment?

    That's great! Sometimes our memory proves useful. I ended up being a lawyer who specialized in insurance law, and can go on and on and on about assessment spirals and such. My husband taps me in a certain way when I'm boring the crap out of people.
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    How fast do you talk?

    I've had court reporters tell me to slow it down, they can't keep up. On numerous occasions.
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    Can you tell your left from your right?

    I have a terrible time remembering right and left. I have to think which hand do I write with? Since I am right handed, then I remember. But I have to go through that whole process.
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    Aspergers and helping other people with aspergers

    I care very much about fairness, and as a lawyer, I find that if I am helping a regular person or a small business, I am aflame to find the right answer. For years I worked suing insurance companies, and came to know a large body of regulations, statutes, and case law on the subject - a special...
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    How can people tell?

    If people start looking at me funny, I just say I have Aspergers.
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    School Experiences for Aspies and Autistic

    I found school to be a place where I was (often) respected, because I had the little professor thing of Asperger's going on. I was also the kid in the 6th grade that everyone hated (new school). I grew up in a small rural Kansas town, then moved to LA by the time of high school. I was not...
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    Health Issues

    Depression, alcoholism (sober 29 years), digestive issues, bicuspid aortic valve, an as yet unnamed autoimmune disorder
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    Do you recognize if you're being "rude"?

    A smile to a question about how you are doing is a very nice way to respond. Maybe they wanted to open up an extended conversation, but smiling is a gracious acknowledgement they spoke to you that allows you to go right back to work, without being rude.
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    Unexpected Effect of Asperger's Diagnosis

    I was diagnosed at age 52, and have suffered a major failure of confidence. That has been the hardest part of the diagnosis. I've been sober for 28 years, so I just ride with it. I tend to tell people I have Aspergers if they seem put off. It's a new reality for me, just like facing life...
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