Published on 12, July, 2020
What is your specialist subject, the thing that makes you feel happiest and eager learning about? That makes life feel better?
I think mine mine is Ancient Civilizations. I’m listening to lots of different Books on Audible. Lots of Great Courses, which are amazing, as they are university level lectures presented by doctors who are absolutely passionate about their subjects. I’m listening to one about Mesoamerica another about Native Americans and an audio book about Ancient African Kingdoms. No one I know cares about any of these though. Nobody ever talks to me about their academic passions. I have no clue if I’m on any spectrum but all the people I have known in the past who said they had Asperger’s were much more cerebral than the average person.
NAS88864 said:What is your specialist subject, the thing that makes you feel happiest and eager learning about? That makes life feel better?
I don't have one and I'm not 'academic'.
Women present differently to men and I read on this forum quite a lot of comments (based on incorrect assumptions) that appertain to men, not women.
'The different way in which girls and women present under the following headings have been identified below; social understanding, social communication, social imagination which is highly associated with routines, rituals and special interests. Some examples are:
The presence of repetitive behaviour and special interests is part of the diagnostic criteria for an autism spectrum disorder. This is a crucial area in which the male stereotype of autism has clouded the issue in diagnosing girls and women.'
https://autismhampshire.org.uk/about-autism/women-and-girls-on-the-autism-spectrum
I didn’t know that, thank you for explaining it to me. I am female, I don’t really know what I am. I think I’m different though. Apparently very rigid I keep being told. And keep losing jobs. I really like the academic discussions here.