"A Different Perspective"

[Leyland]

When I was little my sister though I was autistic and my mother thought I hard of hearing because I could tune everything out around me and focus on my own thoughts, a book, a TV... anything to escape the world I was really in which I found boring and uneventful.!

I get totally lost in books and my mother finally learned to take a book from my hands and make eye contact when she would ask me to do a household chore when I was growing up. Otherwise I would nod when she asked me to do something without even realizing I'd agreed. But I'd still generally forget to fold the clothes immediately after the dryer stopped, even though I remembered she'd asked me to do so.

On topic: I try to be precise and logical in a problem-solver kinda way when I communicate opinions or make requests and suggestions. I've finally figured out that my logic can really be different from the other person's (or that they aren't trying for logic)! So then I might sound like a know-it-all or like I'm talking down to someone. Or just plain old bossy but don't mean to be at all! Simply being quiet, listening to someone else and not thinking while they're talking helps my conversation skills a good bit.