Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me, because I don't conform.

This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.

In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.

Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.