Hello. Are there any people here who were born in the 70s and 80s, always different, now diagnosed with high-functioning autism? Like me?

I'm almost 50 years old, and I've always felt I was different. Even in preschool, at the age of three, I felt it clearly. But it wasn't a problem for me. I functioned very well. I asked my mother why the children at preschool were different from me. She didn't understand my questions. So I decided she was different too. As if it were natural that most people are different from me, although I don't know why. But I never wanted to be like those others, even at three or four years old. In a sense, I felt they were a separate species, even though they looked the same. To simplify a bit – like a dog and a cat. Both species, in a simplified description, have the same physical characteristics: fur, four legs, a tail, ears... But they're different species. And that's normal. That's how I felt in preschool. After that, it was different.

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  • I was born in 1970s. I could see the flaws in how my school was managed and frankly pointed them out for improvement. I had the clarify, but not the natural feeling to "tone down the message". Got me in some trouble. It's a trait through my life, with work and relationships. Think I need to use my strengths (can achieve better clarity to improve a situation), but always be mindful to balance it with being more PURE (Political, respectful of Uncertainties, Relationship aware and Emotionally sensitive. It's what the typicals need..Using your superpowers while checking to not over use them, is what worked best for Superman, superwoman and Incredible Hulk! Main thing is to check what you are about to say, write, do around others. Be careful of expressing anything too extreme. Others tend to get offended..

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  • I was born in 1970s. I could see the flaws in how my school was managed and frankly pointed them out for improvement. I had the clarify, but not the natural feeling to "tone down the message". Got me in some trouble. It's a trait through my life, with work and relationships. Think I need to use my strengths (can achieve better clarity to improve a situation), but always be mindful to balance it with being more PURE (Political, respectful of Uncertainties, Relationship aware and Emotionally sensitive. It's what the typicals need..Using your superpowers while checking to not over use them, is what worked best for Superman, superwoman and Incredible Hulk! Main thing is to check what you are about to say, write, do around others. Be careful of expressing anything too extreme. Others tend to get offended..

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