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Autistic strengths

Matthew

My support worker asked me yesterday if I have any strengths. I said no, I couldn't think of any at the time. She then asked me something else which no one has asked me before.

Do I have any autistic strengths. 

At the time I couldn't think of anything. Whenever people ask me something it takes a while before my brain can come up with the answers, and as I thought it would, it's decided to come up with them when I should be sleeping.

Thanks brain! 

From what I can gather my autistic strengths are the following.

  • Excellent memory - I only need to watch something once and I never forget it. Same with going to places, I remember it almost photographically.
  • Very honest.
  • Great eye for detail - often notice things others do not.
  • Can mimic other people and TV characters voices with ease.
  • Repetitive - I can watch the same things and listen to the same songs on repeat for hours. I never get bored.
  • I'm like an encyclopedia of knowledge on the things I like and find interesting.

I would love to hear your own strengths.

Feel free to share as many or as little as you want to.

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  • I think my autistic strengths are:

    • My memory is a sponge so I’m a great source of random information. I’d be an asset to any quiz team.
    • Hyper focus - when I’m interested in something I can focus like crazy and get an amazing amount of work done or learn a great deal in a very short space of time.
    • i am very very honest. I know some people don’t like that but I do.
    • I’m a very structured thinker and systematise everything which has been a great help in my career (IT). I apply the same processes to my life - I have lists, notes and spreadsheets for everything, a sort of extension of my brain to make up for poor executive function

    edit:

    • I’m always on time. Not late. Not early. Always bang on time. (If this goes wrong for some reason I get quite flustered)
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  • I think my autistic strengths are:

    • My memory is a sponge so I’m a great source of random information. I’d be an asset to any quiz team.
    • Hyper focus - when I’m interested in something I can focus like crazy and get an amazing amount of work done or learn a great deal in a very short space of time.
    • i am very very honest. I know some people don’t like that but I do.
    • I’m a very structured thinker and systematise everything which has been a great help in my career (IT). I apply the same processes to my life - I have lists, notes and spreadsheets for everything, a sort of extension of my brain to make up for poor executive function

    edit:

    • I’m always on time. Not late. Not early. Always bang on time. (If this goes wrong for some reason I get quite flustered)
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