Just starting out and learning to use this new blogging format. I used to keep a webpage 12 years ago, but things have changed since then! Lets see if my old brain can muddle through the new technology.....
I'm a high functioning aspie living in western Canada and working as a nurse in a large hospital. I have to admit, I don't understand this world a lot of the time. I always tell people when I have completely failed to grasp a social situation "look, I'm not from your planet...."
It would be easy if aspies got along with and understood each other, but have you ever tried getting a bunch of people with aspergers together? I've never actually seen it happen, but I assume it would be an awkward gathering of people not looking at each other and making a lot of non-sequiters.
So of course, everyone has got to wonder how the heck I ended up in a profession like nursing. Suprisingly, I get along great with the patients because the nurse-patient relationship have prescribed limits and roles. The rules are clearly laid out, the relationship starts on the same level with pretty much everyone and terminates when the person is discharged. Where I tend to get caught up is the progression of relationships: telling when a person actually wants to be friends and when they are just being nice for whatever reasons.
I'm hoping that my writings will be beneficial to other adults with aspergers who are out trying to work and function in a neurotypical world.
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