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"Just because I see it differently doesn't mean I'm wrong"

Just one of the many I see often from various dyslexia resources I have joined, being dyslexic as well as being ND / aspie is seeing things from a different view point, the same thing but able to accept it can be more than how it “ must” be perceived,

 take care all, Robert we seem to like the same things, nostalgic thoughts never leave me, 

I dress Victorian! Worker style, honest, clean, but Sunday best,,, add hoc mixture of what is available, jumble sales my favourite when youn, @ sunflower. I was able to have things seemingly out of reach, for pennies as well, discarded no longer considered of value, but still perfectly capable of being and doing what they were intended for.

take care all, a nice upbeat subject this,

I really enjoyed reading this Lonewarrior - love the thought of your honest, clean, worker's Sunday best clothes. I agree about the enjoyment of using things other people have let go of. I am a natural scavenger and a bit of a magpie when it comes to sparkly shiny stuff. As a child I collected pieces of discarded solder in a matchbox, convinced it was a precious metal.       

This is really fascinating! As a teenager I dressed in a very unconventional way thanks to all those marvellous jumble sales - hats, men's jackets, waistcoats and ties.

I was shy and self conscious but if I was dressed eccentrically I didn't mind  if people looked at me strangely.

In my early 20s I went through a phase of only wearing pink and purple. Then I went for an interview for a professional job, wearing a boring blue shirt-waister dress from M&S. 

Since then I've always worn clothes that make me feel like I fit into my current work role. I've had lots of jobs so quite a few costume changes! 

As part of the process of uncovering my autistic identity I am looking forward to discovering who I really am. 

The dress code is me being true me, came about not long after finding out who I was really.

Everything prior to that was just going along with perceived normality. I never felt truly comfortable dressed like everyone else! Maybe as I never seemed to fit in.

1.  As a young boy I dressed as a hippy then a biker, until age 20 when I stopped being me and tried to fit in, all the people I knew had moved on, so I was alone with no one to mix with that were at least dressed like me, Being dressed differently back then gave people a perception,, oh he is one of them strange hippy types, stay well away, Without realising it fully I was covering up the fact I couldn’t fit in and decided not to, Yes I was told to get my hair cut because I looked like a girl, asked if I had any dope, as a biker they gave me a wide berth,,, Which was nice, To hear people say” oh your quite nice and kind, I wasn’t expecting you to be so polite” preconceived ideas that are so wrong, 

The dress code is me being true me, came about not long after finding out who I was really.

Everything prior to that was just going along with perceived normality. I never felt truly comfortable dressed like everyone else! Maybe as I never seemed to fit in.

1.  As a young boy I dressed as a hippy then a biker, until age 20 when I stopped being me and tried to fit in, all the people I knew had moved on, so I was alone with no one to mix with that were at least dressed like me, Being dressed differently back then gave people a perception,, oh he is one of them strange hippy types, stay well away, Without realising it fully I was covering up the fact I couldn’t fit in and decided not to, Yes I was told to get my hair cut because I looked like a girl, asked if I had any dope, as a biker they gave me a wide berth,,, Which was nice, To hear people say” oh your quite nice and kind, I wasn’t expecting you to be so polite” preconceived ideas that are so wrong, 

This is really fascinating! As a teenager I dressed in a very unconventional way thanks to all those marvellous jumble sales - hats, men's jackets, waistcoats and ties.

I was shy and self conscious but if I was dressed eccentrically I didn't mind  if people looked at me strangely.

In my early 20s I went through a phase of only wearing pink and purple. Then I went for an interview for a professional job, wearing a boring blue shirt-waister dress from M&S. 

Since then I've always worn clothes that make me feel like I fit into my current work role. I've had lots of jobs so quite a few costume changes! 

As part of the process of uncovering my autistic identity I am looking forward to discovering who I really am.