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Introducing yourself as an autistic person?

JDW

Hi,

Today my counsellor suggested one way to ensure I get a better response from people and avoid the risk of offending them unwittingly would be to introduce my self as James and tell I have Aspergers Syndrome and that they should not be offended if I do not look at them, behave or say something oddly. 

I can see why this might be helpful but could this also be letting my autism define me or would it be purely accepting that I am autistic and recognising it?

If anyone has any advice on this subject I would be glad to hear it. 

Thanks

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  • I think that is pretty sound advice. I am not at all comfortable with the hello i'm James and I have AS approach as it's just not me but I do acknowledge AS as being a big part of who I am, after all I have struggled all my life to get the answers I now have so it makes no sense to ignore or deny who I really am. I'm not sure many people will agree with me but there is a big part of me that is happy and dare I say proud to be who I am.

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  • I think that is pretty sound advice. I am not at all comfortable with the hello i'm James and I have AS approach as it's just not me but I do acknowledge AS as being a big part of who I am, after all I have struggled all my life to get the answers I now have so it makes no sense to ignore or deny who I really am. I'm not sure many people will agree with me but there is a big part of me that is happy and dare I say proud to be who I am.

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