I am a 23 year old female with aspergers. I am interested in people's views on reaching their potential.
One of the things I find sad about autism is that so many of us have special skills, talents or expert knowledge and yet due to social problems, exhaustion, sensory sensitivity e.c.t it is hard to reach potential and in fact, for others to give us a chance to reach that potential!
I know I am pretty lucky, I have a part-time job in a supermarket, I volunteer at the local library and sing in a choir. So, I do use a variety of skills and I'm fairly independent.
I don't want to be self-centred and unnapreciative. Most of the time I am content. However, I can't help feeling down sometimes that I'm not reaching my potential. I'd love to do something more. I have a high intelligence, an expertise in literature and I sing to an above Grade 8 level. Yet I just don't know how to go about making a proper career. I already come home from work exhausted most days, and I only work 4 hours at a time.
Does anyone have any personal stories about how they feel about reaching their potential? Or any suggestions for how I can progress further into an area of my expertise?
A xx
