Growing up I was into computers. I still am. I would write tons of programs onto the old fashioned floppy disk drives that would whir and whistle and click. Most of them were simply fighitng games involving aliens from outer space. But quite a few of them also involved ready made programs that just needed to be debugged. I spent a lot of time in the library looking for the books on games.
Many autistic people are computer geeks. I don't know if a lot of you have seen the show Big Bang theory with Dr. Sheldon Cooper but Sheldon was a stereotypical aspie. Sheldon and leonard would spend a lot of time caught up in fantasy games and then Sheldon had the most brilliant scientific mind. But he was also a bit wierd.
My dad has often compared me to Sheldon Cooper but you know what? I take that as a compliment. A lot of autistic people are capable of figuring things out that non-autistic people would normally have problems with.
I also have a vivid imagination and I love to play games that involve Fantasy. For many people on the spectrum this is way of getting away from reality and finding peace in our own little worlds. I did this also when I would write games or when I would design experimental aircrafr on a flight simulator in high school.
This was one of the reasons that I used to love all kinds of role playing games because they offered an escape. The only thing was sometimes I had to learn self control with it. Between writing stories and playing games that centered around outer space battles, this was a way of exercising creativity.
I love my job. I get to work on computers every day. I get to functional test and grade Chromebooks and Macbooks and I work at a company where my wierdness is appreciated. People talk about games all day and I get to hear people talking about writing stories and making up characters on Dungeons and Dragons. Definitely my tribe
Speaking truth is important and not being swayed by opinions. I believe in a Powerful God named Jesus that saved me from my sins and my past and has walked through darkness with me and loved me all the way. And he still loves me and he's still molding me!
But I also want to say that I have a super Church family and a great friend that is just like me that both appreciate me and I am thankful to be a part of that group.
My journey Codiagnosed involved a lot of bumps in the road. OCD and Tourettes, anxiety, but God takes those things and makes them into something beautiful.
It's true what they say. Autism is a superpower. It's my superpower. And I'm thankful for the way God made me different! I am blessed!
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