Learn from the mistakes of others

it's been a long time coming.

the past 12 months have been very long, and tortuous. since the suspicion was first raised, i've lost my masters/phd, been divorced, given up on trying to get into the legal profession, been shafted by our social security system (twice), been passed over by the army (!?) and a few other government agencies, and missed out on a plethora of other job opportunities.

i've had to wait more than eight months to get an authoritative diagnosis. in the meantime i couldn't mention aspergers to employers, and the law faculty weren't interested in 'guesses' - i needed 'a real diagnosis'. which consisted of a chat with two therapists - a psych and a speech pathologist.

now i'm training to be a high school teacher.

and don't my disclosure take people by surprise! :evil grin:

"but you're so normal!"
'thanks. can i quote you? on a t-shirt? or my resume?'