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Hey. I'm a 20 year old with Aspergers Syndrome in addition to Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bi-Polar and more. I'm told I'm pretty good-looking or at least reasonable to look at but, I've only been on a few dates in my life and have never had a steady girlfriend. I'm not so much complaining about it though. I think I could probably get one but I like being single way too much. Well, as a kid, particularly in Middle School, I had a hard time for many years and it wasn't until about my Junior Year of High School that people in general seemed to accept me for who I was. It was very liberating but then again, there were people who still made fun of me. Just not nearly as much as in the past. A fake myspace profile was made in my name to mock me. The people behind it made it seem like I was literally retarded. My cousin, who's fortunately now in the Military and much more mature but at the time, he found the profile, sent a friend request and sarcastically commented along with about 30 other people in the comment section. Twice in Middle School, I had my whole grade point and laugh at me. It was pretty humiliating to say the least. People tried to take advantage of me, threw things at me, called me tons of names, tripped me, spit on me, called my mother a whore, were pretty cool to my face but a lot of times spread rumors about me when I wasn't there. In spite of all this though, I feel like a pretty strong young man physically and to a lesser extent, mentally. I see a positive future for myself, I run marathons, I'm writing a novel at the moment that I think has a good shot of getting out there. I've only got a few friends but they're real friends, I've traveled, been to Community College, have great neighbors which is something you rarely see in Arizona and a great dog and family. Right now, I don't have a paying job and I live at home with dad still but again, I think I've got some things going for me despite my differences. Whoever says people with Asperger's lack empathy is lying. Well, at least in my experience anyway. I care more then probaby 90 percent of people I know if not more. I've got my worries but so does everybody. I've mostly learned to accept that this is part of me and think nothing of it when I realize this will be with me for life. I can't change this anymore then anyone else can change being born a woman, born in Spain, whatever. Well, its time for dinner so I have to go but thank you helium for letting me share my point of view.

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