Quote Originally Posted by SerLuke View Post
Yeah when I was recently diagnosed she used the term Aspergers even though the paperwork said autism spectrum disorder
I think what many people misunderstand is "ASD" is a very broad term it's not just one thing.. It's kind of like "cancer". it's a term that covers a whole range of conditions. lymphoma, leukemia, sarcoma, etc..

I have Aspergers Syndrome. So I have difficulties with social interactions and a few anxiety issues which can be problematic at times. but it's generally more of a problem around people I don't know than those I do.

In my case though it does have advantages. people with aspergers often have amazingly high levels of audio/visual perception and recognition and over the years it has often been joked among my friends as a kind of god mode in games. because I clearly see patterns and trends that other people can be oblivious too. which generally means PVP games or something like the scripted encounter design of xiv's fights is significantly easier for me to learn than for most. because they are essentially all just scripted patterns of events.. the flip side of that though is my lack of social skills does sometimes mean i can be rather abrupt and impatient to people that cant pickup those patterns so easily. so my participation in things like savage is usually limited to occasional slot filler when someones static is a man down for the week.

It also means that i generally look at tings in a much broader way than other people tend to partly because im looking for a pattern in everything basically and this can prove to be both advantageous at work and a disadvantage, because where people may look at a problem from a fairly narrow perspective i tend to look at a much wider perspective and see very different picture and identify the root cause of said problems much faster. however it also means that I occassionally overthink things and generally end up trying to do too much at once or in the case of people focussing on what they may consider insignificant details. like my friend falling out with her best friend and i'm asking what colour she dyed her hair....??? (even when i know it has no relevance i'm still looking for a pattern. like you always fall out when her hair is red.... or something dumb))