Questions about living with mild autism

everyones different! but i know what you mean with the no eye contact listening. you got no idea how much shit ive gotten my -entire- K-12 school year for that. i was always listening! grades proved it too, people just rely on neurotypical signs of listening which is silly. for the room one im not sure, i personally keep mine “spotless” in my own way (where its “neat” in the sense i can find what i need but in someone elses case probably would not find). im also a multi tasker. it keeps my brain more focused with more going on as long as its in my control.

it is in fact absolute youve had it since birth, and its actually a heredity thing! so someone in your family probably has it too, even if they dont know, or grandparents. asd is a vast spectrum so you could have different symptoms, experiences than someone else might have. one thing is not understanding certain social cues, or vague instructions, for example, put the chicken in the oven, and doing only that, when they expect you to dress it and turn the oven on and cook it. another example of not understanding social cues is thinking someone is being friendly when theyre bullying you unless theyre physical about it, which even then sometimes doesnt work either, or thinking your not being rude but people will say you are because of missing cues they think are important. there is sensitivity to, alot, textures, flavors, smells, lights, sounds, which id say its more of, instead of our brain filtering excess stimulation, which is what the neurotypical brain is wired to automatically doing, ours, doesnt, so it can feel like its louder, because it is for having asd, so i hear, smell, see, feel things with no filter, which causes easy overstimulation, though its worse for some than others, you can also look at the dsm-5 symptoms, it might help, there is a website you can check, i also recommended avoiding help if you can from places that rep autism with a puzzle piece, they treat people with asd like they need to be fixed or cured