How do I recognize autism related issues?

[Sheogorath]

I am one of those people who got their diagnosis on an early age. This has cleared up many things for me, and it is because of this that I understand myself a bit better than I used to. But still I often find myself in a situation where I discover that certain issues are related to my autism. And every single time I realize: "If I just learned this a few years ago things would've been easier".

So...My (vague) question to you is: Is there any way to discover whether certain things are related to my autism? I mean, I've never been another person but me so I guess you could say "I don't know any better". To me, everything is normal the way it is. Usually I have to meet other people or get in certain situations before I figure out that what I do is rather unusual. I just want to learn more about myself and I want to learn it in a faster pace than I am doing right now. That would make things so much easier.

I hope you can answer my question or at least push me in the right direction. If you can't, still thanks for taking the time to read this.

Enjoy the rest of your evening,

 

[anthoskate]

I learnt a lot from a couple of books.

The complete guide to Asperger's syndrome by Tony Attwood
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome | AspiesCentral.com

But my farourite book has to be Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Aspergers syndrome: Different sensory experiences - Different perceptual worlds.
Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Different Sensory Experiences - Different Perceptual Worlds: Olga Bogdashina: 9781843101666: Amazon.com: Books

The comments on amazon are all positive.

 

[King_Oni]

While I can't really comment on ways to "notice" them, it does take me back to an interview I had 3 weeks or so ago with a psychologist, where she asked me if there were any things I did that were "odd".

To where I told her I don't know what's considered odd, since I do things that work for me and I don't really feel the need to look at other peoples behaviour and quirks as much and see how I hold up myself.

I suppose in terms of AS, one can look at the basic symptoms in a variety of sources, like the ones anthoskate shared, but still... I hate the idea of checking boxes in a stereotypical fashion. I suppose that deep down things I, and many others do, could be interpreted as AS typical behavior, but on the surface they might be really personal quirks.

I suppose what you could do, is look at everyday situations like talking to people, meeting people, how you deal with change, things like that and see how "atypical" you respond to that.

 

[NewOldAspie]

Hmm...a conundrum, are you asking what is NT or AS? I sometimes think the NT's live in a cruel world without tolerance, they can't see outside their own bubble. Where AS is looking inside the bubble from the outside making sure it all fits together.