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There comes a time when i may need to tell people i have AS in college i am not ashamed of my asperger's but feel people don't really need to know but sometimes people pick up on the fact i cant maintain eye contact and ask why and things like that,

I sometimes take them to oneside and say i have AS they always say what's that and for me its hard to explain to a NT what AS is and how they look at me when i try and tell them about it,

Most of the time people don't notice but there is a few NT's that do and they seem to be the really socialble ones maybe they see it because i am a total opposite

AS is not well know that doesn't help either but i am trying to change that and hopefully bring more awareness to asperger's

It depends on who I tell, I told one person before and I couldn't think of how to describe it really, but I described some examples and she was interested to find out more.

I do if people ask about my behavior... else it should be because I get an opportunity to do it in class or something...

no one knows. no one can tell. and i certainly wouldn't tell anyone!

Most people react with interest about what it is... I have never tried that people disliked me because of it...

The last person i told said to me "i think i have that too tbh"

I've never told anyone I have AS in person. I don't really know how I would say it. I don't know if it would be for better or for worse to say so either.

I usually find they don't have a clue what I'm talking about but a few have said something such as "ah, my grandson has Asperger's too" or "I think my dad had it".

alot people i know now know because of me informing them of what is and how affects me but beforehand they knew nothing really of it esp ma family i taught them alot but even still when mention the name of diagnosis they dont get what u mean by it when you explain it type of mild autism the

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continued on.... from before sorry to confuse you all! lol

n get me for some reason dont know how and why this is though maybe because aspergers is a new diagnosis than autism itself it been around longer so normal people had time to adjust to this! does anyone else agree on what ive said ...?

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take care everyone
kirst

I don't tell people that I have AS.