I've started to post, so I thought I should probably introduce myself...
First off, I'm not sure about my AS status, I have not been diagnosed but I do have quite a few traits, moreso when I was younger. Over the years I have painfully overcome a lot of social obsticles that, looking around at most people seemed to be intuitive or obvious to them.
There are many examples, but one that stands out most is as a COLLEGE SENIOR someone told me "You don't ever look people in the eyes and it freaks people out." It was the strangest thing in the world, and I looked him in the eye right after he said it and thought I was going to panic, it felt so intrusive and forward. But then slowly I started to pay attention to people and realized everyone else was doing it, and when I did it, they seemed to listen better to me... and as I did it more I had an easier time relating to people. Then I got really pissed off that there was this 'secret' to relationships that NOBODY ever let me in on!!
Now I have very little trouble looking people in the eyes, and I don't even have to do it purposefully anymore.
So, while I may or may not be more or less in the AS spectrum, I do relate to a lot of the same issues.
Orbit