Positive people with Autism

From my personal experience Kestler's 7th and 8th don't seem to work for me, and I wonder if I'm alone in that.  I don't feel logical, and I know so many people raise the Star Trek Spock/Data analogy here, but I cannot find any real logic.  I'm worried whether my sense of truth is really valid.

I have found a capacity to research and develop case evidence helps me to lobby and petition for change, and I will persevere to get people to think or re-examine assumptions. However I have to watch out all the time that I don't go too far. I can be too obsessive, focussed and pedantic and destroy my case and my credibility very easily. So I can do a lot of good, but without ever so much care, probably a lot of harm.

I suspect I can think out of the box, probably Kester's 2 and 3, which has given me huge advantages. It has enabled me to have an interesting if not very remunerative career.

However the great barrier for doing all these things is social interaction, especially away from the formal. I've had too many years of "not fitting in" and being excluded, and that I think undermines asperger potential most. It is great being an original thinker, but not much good if you cannot convince your audience because of social acceptability. While I can sway an auduience as a speaker, I crash over tea and biscuits afterwards.

I agree with Kestlers fifth - memory and attention to detail - that does have huge compensations.

It would be nice to know how people differ or compare in these perceived advantages because I thnk that gets to the root of everything.

From my personal experience Kestler's 7th and 8th don't seem to work for me, and I wonder if I'm alone in that.  I don't feel logical, and I know so many people raise the Star Trek Spock/Data analogy here, but I cannot find any real logic.  I'm worried whether my sense of truth is really valid.

I have found a capacity to research and develop case evidence helps me to lobby and petition for change, and I will persevere to get people to think or re-examine assumptions. However I have to watch out all the time that I don't go too far. I can be too obsessive, focussed and pedantic and destroy my case and my credibility very easily. So I can do a lot of good, but without ever so much care, probably a lot of harm.

I suspect I can think out of the box, probably Kester's 2 and 3, which has given me huge advantages. It has enabled me to have an interesting if not very remunerative career.

However the great barrier for doing all these things is social interaction, especially away from the formal. I've had too many years of "not fitting in" and being excluded, and that I think undermines asperger potential most. It is great being an original thinker, but not much good if you cannot convince your audience because of social acceptability. While I can sway an auduience as a speaker, I crash over tea and biscuits afterwards.

I agree with Kestlers fifth - memory and attention to detail - that does have huge compensations.

It would be nice to know how people differ or compare in these perceived advantages because I thnk that gets to the root of everything.