Thank you all so much for the warm welcome - a bit overwhelming considering I was my usual uncommunicative self!
So I will try to tell a bit about myself: I am female, in my fifties, married to a very tolerant NT
Being HFA I have never officially disclosed, neither at University nor at any of my work places. I guess I was mostly seen as eccentric, odd . . . and that's ok with me. I have always had a thing about labels for people and what they can do (stereotypes/expectations - past experiences with high IQ labelling at school).
I muddled along in life as best as I could through a number of careers (paediatric nurse, special ed. teacher, SEN adviser, SEN manager, SEN-IT consultant), was quite successful at each but now not working (burn-out, surprised?).
We have lived in many different places, different countries, languages, cultures, sometimes quite isolated . . .
I have written a bit of music, a bit of poetry, a bit of short prose. Currently (well for the past few years actually) I am obsessed with Excel and Numbers.
Talking about myself and how I feel, I don't do that well at all but I have decided to start practising in a safe place
Again, thanks to you all who have been reading my ramblings