Hi Paul,

Paul S wrote:
> Its not all churches!
> I think that recent converstaion was just an example of how people
deal with
> their condition.
> The group has been a bit quiet recently, im never sure what to say
either.

I would be surprised if anyone on the list was sure what to say...

> I am an AS sufferer from north london working in the IT industry, I
am an
> atheist and promise I wont talk about God to balance out the group ;-)
> Although I have been known to rave on about a new piece of computer
hardware
> when I go into full flow.
> This is a group for AS people, not AS atheists or AS christians.

Agreed. I wish I could work in IT, because I love computers, and used to
do computer programming (at home) in the days of microcomputers. I will
never be able to go out to work again, but I may be able to work from
home some day. It would have to be with computers, but I don't have any
relevant qualifications. At the moment, I am waiting to see if it will
be possible to move house. If that ever happens, I will then try to see
if there is any way I can pursue this, since it would be better for me
if I could find a way to earn a living for myself.

> I find it interesting seeing how everyone else tries to get by in
"normal"
> life. I thought that people with AS would find it hard to become
envolved
> with a religious group due to the over analytical nature of AS but I was
> prooved wrong.

I've been asking myself questions about this, as well, because I analyse
everything in sight... In my own case, I think that my mind puts
different things in different compartments (so to speak), in the same
sort of way that Windows will create different places on my computer for
different applications, and deal with each of them according to what it
is. In my own personal mind, there is a place for religion, but there
are also places for things not remotely connected with religion.

> There are many things that some people with AS find hard while others
find
> easy, and at the same time there are things that I do which I assumed
are
> because of AS but are in fact just me being an individual!

I find almost every aspect of everyday life difficult, while others take
such things for granted. The things I am good at, however, tend to be
things which not many people are good at. And so other people can't
understand why I can do such things well, which causes them to think I'm
"clever", yet I fail to be able to do very simple things...

All best wishes,
Angela