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How You Experience Autism

Autism (ASD) | Last Active: Aug 22, 2020 | Replies (171)

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@hopeful33250 Teresa, the downplaying of knowledge can come up at any time. You're right, it can be frustrating, and a few times someone told me "you're showing off", although I am not. I cannot pin down one experience more than others. Like @mamacita and @auntieoakley, it seems I am constantly researching/learning. Sometimes people have challenged me how I know something, but that often is hard to answer, the where or why I learned it.
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That researching and learning is a great characteristic, @gingerw. I do that a lot myself. I'm wondering if all the preparation from research helps tame the feelings of anxiety about not quite fitting in. I'm thinking in terms of myself more than anyone else right now. It calms my fears to feel "prepared." Does that make sense to you?