"You are the different drummer everyone claims to dance to"

[Sherlock77]

Something light hearted... Something said in an encouragement note a friend sent to me over 20 years ago now, but I've never forgotten that quote, even though I lost contact with her...

I don't know if she borrowed it from somewhere or simply made it up.

Back then I had no clue about Asperger's, I guess no one really did because it wasn't discovered yet, but I had a great group of friends at that time who were very accepting.

And I've been blessed over many years with people who accepted a slightly eccentric person who was at times a rather quirky communicator among other Aspie traits.

Onwards and upwards! Admittedly I have only self-diagnosed myself , along with input from other people, but may just leave it at that, but now I at least have more self knowledge moving forward.

I hope this encouraged some people... And for those who struggle far more than I do, all the best moving forward, be encouraged.

Just because I "had" to... march to a different drummer

 

[Tyrantus1212]

And I've been blessed over many years with people who accepted a slightly eccentric person who was at times a rather quirky communicator among other Aspie traits.

I'm blessed in that area right now. I managed to make 3 friends who can tell that I'm quirky but enjoy being around me anyway, and always find the right words to say whenever I ask them if they think I'm weird. That's just 3 people out of zillions, and I've been rejected far too many times to count. I'm also blessed to have very loving parents, whose home I still live in; I have almost nothing in common with them though, but I'm loved and accepted by them and that's what matters. I do drive them up the wall crazy all the time though. Same thing at work - well, they don't "love" me but they treat me in a civil manner but I still happen to be what they call "that employee". In college I wasn't all that blessed, many of the students hated me. I feel like I've slightly improved my behavior over the years but I'm still not proud of myself, and I'm amazed at how I'm capable of being loved and accepted when I don't really love and accept myself.

 

[Mike Stouffer]

Really liked this

 

[Amy Susan Rose]

I remember my aunt saying in reference to me to a bunch of cousins at a birthday party when I was a kid. Back then, of course, nobody knew about Aspergers or being on the Spectrum.