Published on 12, July, 2020
Partly because I'm trying to cheer myself up, partly because we need a bit of positivity in life and also because I'd like to get to know you all a bit better, what is your autistic superpower? I prefer to think of the positives that being autistic brings rather than dwell on the things I struggle with and I like to think of my strengths as "superpowers".
Mine are empathy (sometimes my heart can feel like it's going to break or explode!) and spotting details / patterns, particularly in numbers and equations. I also think I see more details in nature than my neurotypical friends (nature is my "special interest") and I get far more joy and excitement from nature than most people do. What are yours?
(Just I case it's confused anyone, I've changed my username, I hope that's OK?)
Little Owl said:spotting details / patterns, particularly in numbers and equations.
Can you share some examples (or something like that) please? I think I probably have that capability but haven't pursued or explored it much so far
I can try but it's hard to explain! If I'm looking at a series of numbers I'll always look for how those numbers could relate to each other. I do a lot of work with finance, budgets and excel spreadsheets and I'm very efficient because I can always find the quickest way to do things, I thought it was relatively normal but apparently not. I tend to notice things more quickly than others, if anyone is going to spot a rare bird at a distance it will probably be me. I can spend ages looking at the small details on feather or flower and it gives me great joy.