I think it is a protective thing when we are babies to tots so we dont
worry about what's going on around us in the world...makes sense that we
aren't ready as babies to worry about the lions outside the cave...

but as we become big enough and fast enough to run away or climb the tree
and take directions from grownups we turn outward more.

I think some of us just dont properly change for whatever reason.

as a kid I would never play with my toys..I would set them upon the floor
and go to a high point like on the bed or a dresser and the toys would play
themselves in my head I didnt need to move or touch them.

I was a quiet kid unless bothered..then I would have a fit..it was like
violence being done to me to be drawn away from whatever I was doing in my
head.

people demand to be paid attention to...so it was always a issue sadly.

I am amazed I was never diagnosed..although I was taken to a place and
knowing what I know of my mother she wouldnt stand for anyone but her being
the victim of anything that would distract from her getting attention.


it took me 40 years and the internet to look outside myself as much as I
do..but take the facebook games...they frustrated me so I will never play
them again ever and am just as happy being in my own head

online I'm fairly chatty if a topic or thing or person interests me but
offline people deem me antisocial and are creeped out that my wife and I
can go to a work picnic for example and be content to sit together under a
tree looking at the clouds...lol

it is tiring stressful work to socialize..we do it to function in society
but it isn't fun


KROM


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"KROM" > wrote in message
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> the more I learn of Asperger's I realize my wife and I both have it
> mildly..we both have rituals..tactile things and live inside our own heads
> and especially as kids had all the signs.
>
> as a kid I saw the world through a porthole and was often sent into fits
> if drawn out from my own world.
>
> I learned to function slightly better in society but even today work from
> home etc to avoid people who I just dont "get"..lol
>
> but I totally get her placement of things issue and I ALWAYS sleep with a
> fan in my face but I also need to have a fan in every room of the house or
> at least a air purifier..I need the white noise from them or else I'm not
> comfortable...only rooms without a fan are the kitchen and bathroom which
> I turn on the exhaust vents and the garage..lol
>
> KROM

I need white noise too. Conversely, in our QLD summers this kid turns
her fan off! I read once that all human beings have some degree of
autism. True or not, I cannot say Most people with Asperger's sees to
function quite well in society - outsiders quite often can't tell.
Autism (of any degree) is quite common in people with intellectual
disabilities and Jazz hit the jackpot So she has the intellectual
disability that goes with Down syndrome (in her case she is quite low
functioning compared to most other people with DS these days, but a
whole lot higher functioning than DS adults I worked with 20 or so years
ago. Early intervention and therapies have made a big difference) plus
she has a degree of autism.