Timothy,
I think Aspies can be dependable. Aspies as a rule don't lie.
Saying we will do something and then not doing it is a lie, so if we
aren't dependable we are lying.

Uhura

--- In aspergers_syndrome@yahoogroups.com, Timothy Hobbs
<tim.thelion@...> wrote:
>
> Aspies are dependable? I don't know that they are that. Aspies
are guardians of the less able? I do think that we have an advantage
in terms of being able to understand life on more than just spiritual
level. However, I think this is overridden by our need to have a
simple logical life.
>
> Timothy
>
> Chris Costa <chris_costa_8@...> writes:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I've just joined the group, my name is Chris. I am a 32 year
old aspie male, living near Stoke-On-Trent, England.
> >
> > Something I've been thinking about lately is:
> >
> > Do aspies have an advantage over neuro-typical people?
> >
> > The advantage I am referring to is one of morality and how we
treat people. I have been wondering whether the commonly occurring
positive aspie traits such as, being;
> >
> > * very loyal,
> > * guardians of those less able,
> > * uninterested in social politics,
> > * logical,
> > * ethical and principled,
> > * dependable,
> >
> > make it easier/more natural for us to be good, considerate,
kind, thoughtful, loyal, caring, etc. people.
> > I consider this to be the most important aspect of being a
human, and the measure by which our lives are a success or a failure.
> >
> > I have always had these kinds of traits. Only, recently I have
begun to consider the possibility that all my life I have had it
easy, in the sense that these things have come naturally to me
because I am an aspie, and not because this is my personality- me
choosing to be the way I am.
> >
> > I wonder whether I'll ever get an answer to this. Although I
suspect it's a bit of both, as well as environment and upbringing.
Also, the other factor of having to suffer, struggle, and work extra
hard at things, due to having a disability or illness of any kind,
does lead a person to be a better, more thoughtful, and appreciative
person.
> >
> > I suppose this is an age old argument, but I am coming at it
from an aspie angle, and asking whether aspies get a helping hand to
be good people. And therefore have an advantage over neuro-typicals
in living a (in my opinion) successful life.
> >
> > I believe that we all choose to be either kind or cruel, i.e.
our intention, what is in our heart, is entirely our choice,
regardless of any other factor.
> > Of course, mistakes we make due to Aspergers are often mis-
interpreted as us being bad people.
> >
> > Regardless, my attention is focused on aspies because of the
hell we often have to go through, swimming against the tide all the
time. And any help we get (albeit a key to the most valuable of
doors) is only fair enough, I think.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Chris
> >
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