Highly Functioning Autism in Masterclasses of Access

[Endre]

I am highly functioning autistic , love (adore) problem solving and enjoy MSAccess for it's logicity. I am interested to hear from all (most (some)) of the Access MasterClass here and wonder how much (if any) high performing autism traits exist in the personalities that answer the questions in this forum.

I perform quite well in most environments, but lack social skills and graces, eye contact, when it's my turn to speak, face remembering, facial expressions, don't like to be out of my routine, to speak publicly - to name but a few. I also have many "quirks" - the curtains in my house have to be opened in a particularly special way, toothbruses aligned correctly, to also name but a few. So what quirks do you have too?

In the following tests I score 46 from 50, but if you don't want to reveal your scores, then that's OK too.

http://autismresearchcentre.com/docs/papers/2001_BCetal_AQ.pdf
or:
http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/docs/papers/2006_BC_Hoekstra_etal_AQ-adol.pdf

[Change: I considered posting this in the watercooler, but decided that it was directly related to problem solving, so posted it in the General section. I guess we are all entitled to our own opinion ]

Different, but not less.

 

[Vassago]

Maybe better in the Introductions section?

 

[boblarson]

Maybe better in the Introductions section?

It was in the General Section and I moved it here.

 

[Lightwave]

Endre

What an interesting post.

I am fairly balanced person or I think I am and I do not know a great deal about psychology or autism

One of the things I do find important in others and hopefully in myself is to know my strengths and weaknesses.

If I am set a problem especially in access I will try and solve it. Hopefully quickly and without effort. If not I will work through it gradually and if none of that works then I will ask for help.

I hope that's with a mix of focus / imagination and determination. It does sound as if your autism makes you better able to concentrate on specific problems. This is a trait I wish more people had - attention to detail.

Really the only important thing is to find happiness and in that regard I try not to compare myself with others.
Bitterness or Vanity could follow

 

[Vassago]

Endre

What an interesting post.

I am fairly balanced person or I think I am and I do not know a great deal about psychology or autism

One of the things I do find important in others and hopefully in myself is to know my strengths and weaknesses.

If I am set a problem especially in access I will try and solve it. Hopefully quickly and without effort. If not I will work through it gradually and if none of that works then I will ask for help.

I hope that's with a mix of focus / imagination and determination. It does sound as if your autism makes you better able to concentrate on specific problems. This is a trait I wish more people had - attention to detail.

Really the only important thing is to find happiness and in that regard I not to compare myself with others.
Bitterness or Vanity could follow

I stopped comparing myself to others long ago when I realized I was better than everyone else.

 

[Lightwave]

.........Q.E.D

ok I know your joking V but its one of the few latin acronyms I understand

 

[Steve R.]

Temple Grandin, "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow". She was diagnosed as autistic and became a very successful designer. The Wikipedia entry writes: "Temple attributes her success as a humane livestock facility designer to her ability to recall detail, which is a characteristic of her visual memory. Grandin compares her memory to full-length movies in her head that can be replayed at will, allowing her to notice small details". Being able to visualize data flows in database design would be very helpful in Access programming.

 

[Vassago]

.........Q.E.D

ok I know your joking V but its one of the few latin acronyms I understand

Yeah... joking... that's it...

 

[Vassago]

I knew an autistic kid who could name any song he had already heard just by a few beats or tones. It also allowed him to be very good at playing instruments later in life. He would have been fantastic on Name That Tune, had the show survived.

 

[ChipperT]

My son was high-functioning autistic. He died 11 years ago at age 12 (from a mis-prescribed drug). There are many levels and types of autism and also many people who fit in the "autism spectrum" but are not autistic - that is, they display 3 or fewer of the common attributes associated with autism. Closely related is Aspberger's Syndrome. Fortunately a large percentage are functional (or high-functioning) autistic (can survive with little or no assistance in society) but few are high-functioning and gifted. A distressingly large percentage are severely affected autistic and live in their own worlds with little interaction with others. That is the type you used to hear all about but recently with the greater number of diagnoses, you rarely hear about them. Hopefully a cause and cure can be found someday. Treatments have made great strides in the last 20 years.

 

[Vassago]

My son was high-functioning autistic. He died 11 years ago at age 12 (from a mis-prescribed drug).

That's horrible! I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[ChipperT]

Thank you for the kind thoughts, Vassago. It was many years ago and though the grieving goes on (it always will), I posted this not for sympathy, but in the hope I could add a bit of understanding to the subject of autism. We hear a lot about it these days, but precious little real information.