Very interesting post! 👏🏼👍🏼😊. I’m always interested to hear how people find out they’re Aspies/autistic, especially those who found out as adults. This is a fascinating illustration 😊💝💝
During my childhood, my parents often commented that I was ‘born awkward, and awkward ever since’. I was a firstborn, so they had no prior experience of raising a son. I wasn’t failing so badly in school that I ever had to see a psychologist, although my Mum despaired of ever persuading me to play with other children. They never thought I might have a condition with a clinical label, though Asperger’s wasn’t so well known in the 1980s.
Looking back, it explains a lot. School playtimes were a nightmare in primary school. Often I would just walk forlornly around the edges of the yard, kicking up the dirt; sometimes I would go and tell appalling puns to the teacher on yard duty. I simply didn’t know what to do during playtime, and didn’t particularly want to join in any schoolyard games that seemed remotely rough.
Secondary School was a…
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For many years I felt emotionally isolated from a rational world in which everyone else seemed so deeply embedded , so it was a great relief, perhaps only 20 years ago, when I first realise there were other ASD sufferers lie me. Since then, I have found it easier to express my own feelings and how I see my own reality, not in words but visually, as for example painting No.. 54 and several others shown on my art-website: http://www.faupel-art.co.uk I hope it evokes some empathy, joy, laughter, and perhaps a few tears, among other kindred spirit sufferers.
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Thank you so much for reading and reaching out! I’ll definitely have a look at your full site as soon as I can get to a real computer 😉. Always nice to find kindred spirits! 💜
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