It Was Just Last Year That I Learned About My Neurodivergence

I almost wished I had not because I understand a lot of things about my life that I never did before. Even before I knew I experienced a lot of people’s deliberate sin. Once people knew that I have a disability, I suddenly lose all credibility and don’t know anything. I even lose my autonomy. I don’t what I experienced and my successes don’t count.

I have learned the hard way what things are worth my energy and what things are not. To stand up against such things is to fight a war that cannot be won. I can’t change people’s minds or their opinions about me. Although I have stood up against a lot of things and prevailed against all odds.

When I first learned about my capacity for great intelligence, my first thought was “ These people don’t know me very well “. Until they showed it to me and it scared me to death. My interest in taking elite courses online From the university of Phoenix, Harvard and Yale and The University of Edinburgh. Courses from Dallas Theological Seminary Just to name a few.

Yes! I have a powerful Gift from God. Greater than anything else. The capacity to show compassion and watch the Lord touch people through me.

timf said:

You might be interested in the two resources linked below. The first is a free pdf booklet about Aspergers called Aspergers an Intentional Life. The second is a Christian web site that has booklets, videos, and a blog archive that might be useful.

https://christianpioneer.com/blogarchieve/an_intentional_life_2017.pdf

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You might not want to share your diagnosis with everyone. You can explain away idiosyncrasies as they arise such as I am a bit of an introvert, or I am not much of a hugger.

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You might be interested in knowing that Asperger’s Syndrome was removed as a diagnosis by the American Psychiatry Association in 2014. Everything is now wrapped up in three types of Autism. Type one, type two and type three. The Symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome were too similar to Autism.

At one time I believed that I had Asperger’s syndrome until I discovered that it was removed as a diagnosis.

timf said:

I am aware of the change but do not agree with it. It might be seen as a redefinition that serves the needs of people that make their living from "treating" those they see as afflicted with a disability. Using the word "autism" (which previously described severe brain injury or malformation) allows them to present Aspergers as a mental defect as opposed to a normal neurological variant.

The four boys that Hans Asperger originally observed he considered autistic because they had less interest in group play. This almost lead them to be exterminated. These boys ended up living "normal" and even successful lives.

I continue to use the word Aspergers because there could be the rise of another Nazi regime that would want to exterminate my children or grandchildren.

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I can only respond with a verse I remember when I feel like this.

“ For God has not given me the spirit of fear, but of love and of power and of sound mind. Emphasis on power and of Sound Mind.”