http://www.autistics.cc/DiffSensoryExp.html
I will dig out some more
From that page, one thing struck me the most:
"Routine and rituals help to facilitate understanding of what is going on and what is going to happen. Introduce any change very slowly and always explain beforehand what and why is going differently. Structure and routines make the environment predictable and easier to control."
I think at this point in time, this trait of routine (and its implications as seen here) is the most obvious Aspie-like thing for me.
I don't like any kind of change, not even mild change; everything is under strict control and I prefer sameness in nearly every circumstance.
I am sensitive hearing, sight, smell and to a degree touch.
I am hear exceedingly well and am very good at hearing conversations across the room here at work.
I am very much effected by bright lights and squint a fair bit in 'regular' light - I have reasonable night sight to.
Strong smells have been now to make me come close to vomiting, especially during the spring and fall.
My skin drives me nuts, especially where it is touching something (particularly clothes) which also ties into my almost obsessive itching/scratching.
As far as I know my sense of taste is normal, but how you do compare it?
I like minty, just not the type of eye-burning minty that most regular toothpastes have. I tried some of those alternative brand ones, but they don't seem to get my teeth as clean as the prescription stuff.
Ah yes makes sense.
I have bits and pieces of all these problems that you folks mention, including aversion to bright lights and so on.
But I don't seem to have the intensity of it that you folks mention. If I have all these issues, but not to a "high caliber", is that something that would spur a diagnostician to say you don't have Asperger's?