Some of say that it's actually the next step in human evolution. We are good at following rules, we like to help people, we almost never lie, we have interests we are super involved with, etc. Because of rules, we can't play politics at work. Also because of rules, we can memorize thousands of them so that we can appear normal most of the time. We've had to learn those rules the hard way, by making thousands of mistakes. Most of us do not act like Sheldon. I knew I was different by the time I was 7. Oddly enough, Einstein's IQ is only 10 or so points higher than mine, but no one outside my field has heard of me.
Some of say that it's actually the next step in human evolution. We are good at following rules, we like to help people, we almost never lie, we have interests we are super involved with, etc. Because of rules, we can't play politics at work. Also because of rules, we can memorize thousands of them so that we can appear normal most of the time. We've had to learn those rules the hard way, by making thousands of mistakes. Most of us do not act like Sheldon. I knew I was different by the time I was 7. Oddly enough, Einstein's IQ is only 10 or so points higher than mine, but no one outside my field has heard of me.
I'm one of those people who believe it's the next step in human evolution.
My kids are aspies; I'm probably borderline. We all have rather high IQs.
My memory has suffered over the past few years because of illness and I'm now rebuilding it.
I work my memory by learning multiple languages at once. I'm at about seven right now.