Autism, From Someone Who Is On The Spectrum

The Autism Strengths (January 2020)

This personal list for sure because just like a "normal" person I have strengths that individuality to me. The first two strengths are from last year's autism piece for Autism Acceptance Month and the rest I came up with after watching a video earlier this week. 

I have finally learned to embrace the fact that I have Autism and some abilities that come with it. One the biggest abilities that came with my Autism is my view of the world, which I show when I am taking pictures of the world around me. Most people on here know that I am photographer but it has given me the tools express myself in a way. 

Another ability I am more empathetic than most people. That myth of Autistic person without empathy is just that. Some of us like me, feel too much which is overwhelming feeling came from during my high school years. Some days I cannot watch the news for same reason because when too many bad things are the news, it overwhelms me. Over the years, I have learned that I did have the verbal skills and social skills to explain what I was feeling so it came out as tears. Now that I am older, I have easier time explain the emotions I am feeling to people who are will take the time to listen.

Another ability I am able to see patterns in many things in way that most people do not even recognize. This something I have learn to embrace because it means create patterns for knitting is easier. The ability to see patterns are usual when I was learning music in school because I was able to figure the pattern of piece and memorize based on the pattern instead another way. I am able spot patterns more now than I was able to do it during my childhood and it was something I did as kid that drove my parents crazy because I would recognize them all the time.

Another ability I am an intuitive person. This ability was something that recognize by couple authors on here in the last year through comments and now is the reason I actual comment on chapters now. I always thought my comments were lame because my communication struggles with my autism but turns out if I try to get most what I am thinking out that most people actually understand what I am trying to explain. I did not know what that is actual advantage until someone describe me this way.    

The last ability is something I did not know until I started writing on this site like the previous ability. I was always concern that I do not make sense to many people but it turns out that my communication struggles actual make easier for others to understand me. I did not know that until recently because I am aware that people actually make sense of me writing on this site. This something I have learned to express myself in a new way in the last year.