Mature Man Recently Diagnosed with Asperger's.

[Jacob7715]

Hi
I'm a Christian man living in CA. I enjoy internet research, reading fiction books.
I'm also interested in meeting new people.

 

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[VictorR]

Welcome!

 

[Thinx]

Hi and welcome, I hope that you enjoy it here. What kinds of fiction do you like to read?

 

[Jacob7715]

Hi and welcome, I hope that you enjoy it here. What kinds of fiction do you like to read?

Mostly historical fiction.
Roger

 

[Alexej]

HI and Welcome

 

[Wolfsage]

Heya. Like Jeff Shaara books?

 

[Jacob7715]

That's the first time I've ever heard of him!
What kind of fiction does he write?

 

[Wolfsage]

Historical. He wrote God's and Generals.

 

[Jacob7715]

I really like reading about the early Church in fiction. Francine Rivers is my favorite Christian fiction author.

 

[OkRad]

Welcome! Lots of readers here

 

[Crossbreed]

Hello & welcome.

Mature Man Recently Diagnosed with Asperger's

Mature...? (Are you sure you are in the right place...? )

 

[Jacob7715]

Yes I am! There are many people who are over the age of 30 getting diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

 

[Crossbreed]

Autism is a PDD so some parts of our brains did not mature as expected (among NTs), but it confers some advantages, too.

 

[Magna]

Welcome.

 

[Aspychata]

Hey shout-out to you for checking us out. We are a friendly group of budding autistic tribe and we welcome all new members.

 

[SusanLR]

Welcome!

I was in my 50's when diagnosed. There are quite a few of us here.

I enjoy doing internet research too. Mainly physics, space, psychology and medical.
This is a good place. Hope you like it as much as I have.

 

[Jacob7715]

Autism is a PDD so some parts of our brains did not mature as expected (among NTs), but it confers some advantages, too.

What are the advantages?

 

[Crossbreed]

What are the advantages?

Like gifteds (who are often Aspies, too), we retain our youthful neuro[plasticity?] longer than NTs do.

NTs outgrow these traits around 25[?] and their thinking gets more crystalized[?].
We do not. We retain a high degree of childlike curiosity/teach-ability & creativity (a.k.a. fluid thinking). That appears childish to the uninitiated. It imparts a mental agility that is very useful in STEM fields (among others) and we get a reputation for thinking "outside of the box" (which is crystalized thinking). Crystalized thinking is serviceable for routine problems, but less so for novel ones. It is resistant to alternate paradigms [You can't teach an old dog new tricks]. (That shows up in Christianity, too.)

Frequently, we also have childish tastes in entertainment, like hobbies, toys & media choices. That childish neurology is not present throughout our brains, just in certain functions.

For Aspergers now-called ASD1, there are no cognitive deficits nor major co-morbid conditions. We are able to meet minimum adult responsibilities.

More at Autlanders, Thriving Outside of the Box: Autism Subtypes...

 

[Jacob7715]

Thanks!