If you where to look at me, you wouldn’t think that I have:

• Aspergers Syndrome
• Emotional and behaivoural disability
• Anxiety
• Mild learning disability
  
  

Did you notice how I said “I have” and not “I suffer from”?

I shall not allow my disabilities nor my Aspergers define me as a person. Of course with them all combined theres no doubt more challenges, but thats life at the end of the day!

I like to think of it as a different phone platform. Like IOS and android, they both do the same job, rings, texting and emailing! Basic things now a days if you like smart phones.

But what if you didn’t have a smart phone? What if you had just had a basic phone that just rang and texts? It may not be up there with all the latest smart phones, but it still does what a phone is supposed to do, and thats all that matters.

So, theres two individuals, one who has Aspergers (like myself) and a nerotypical (a person without Aspergers). They both can communicate in interests and other things!!! But sometimes with Aspergers or Autism it can be overwhelming with anxiety. Especially in social situations!!!

Stimming for me is a big stress relieve!!! Stimming can be anything, and you don’t need to be Autistic to do it either!!! In fact, people stim without even realising it!!! Like, your in work maybe in a office and your stressed, playing or fidgeting with pens is stimming believe it or not!!!

The real definition of stimming is of follows:

“The word Stimming refers to self stimulation behaviours usually repetitive movements or sounds”

I like to shake my hand and my foot when I’m either stressed or anxious, and when I’m excited I make these sounds and start pacing up and down in the hall.

I hope to make another one of these another time. In the mean time, I’ll leave you with this quote.

If you met one person with Autism, then you met one person with Autism