Do any of you find that if you're "intelligent" people expect for to "overcome" your AS symptoms, when they don't have this expectation of people they see as "less-intelligent"?
I have used my intellect to learn consciously how to interpret peoples' behaviour in some circumstances so I don't make the mistakes I did as a child, and it has helped me understand my self better, but there is so much that is not available to intellectual influence, let alone control.
I find this view very irritating.
Scorpion ~ spot on,, I agree totally with your assessment of adding in SQ, makes good sense.
Silver ~ quoted "You should be able to control your emotions"... I still think that is not emotions that we have to control, but a form of confusion or autism mist,, which our autism brains are trying to work out sensory cognitive social and emotional signals all at the one time which makes us overwhelmed, and creates a some sort of emotional confusion barrier which causes a flooding, overwhelmed and meltdown, or as I call it the autism mist 
. Silver has adapted intellectual and more emotional aware given practice and a calm environment over time.
Susie ~ I think you are right,, high functioning autism intelligence can be curse to getting recognised assistance, I have found this too at social cost, being honest has caused me an angst with the world !
Scorpion ~ spot on,, I agree totally with your assessment of adding in SQ, makes good sense.
Silver ~ quoted "You should be able to control your emotions"... I still think that is not emotions that we have to control, but a form of confusion or autism mist,, which our autism brains are trying to work out sensory cognitive social and emotional signals all at the one time which makes us overwhelmed, and creates a some sort of emotional confusion barrier which causes a flooding, overwhelmed and meltdown, or as I call it the autism mist . Silver has adapted intellectual and more emotional aware given practice and a calm environment over time.
Susie ~ I think you are right,, high functioning autism intelligence can be curse to getting recognised assistance, I have found this too at social cost, being honest has caused me an angst with the world !
