She describes her Asperger's strengths as the following:
- She's nonjudgmental
- She has a strong attachment to the truth
- She's curious
- She's loyal
- She's sincere
- She has well-defined values
- She's an unconventional problem solver
- She's an optimist
And for her superpowers, she says:
- She's perceptive
- She has a high IQ
- She's calm in a crisis
- She's dependable and disciplined
- She's determined
So, now it's my turn. I'm not sure what the distinction between strengths and superpowers, so I'll just divide them the way that makes sense to me.
My superpowers (core things about me):
- I'm caring and empathetic. I don't always know how someone else feels, but I care very deeply. I don't try to do right because my parents want me to or because God will punish me - I do it because I care about making the world better for the people around me.
- I'm passionate about my beliefs. I don't let people use judgment or pressure to convince me to do something I believe is wrong.
- I'm rational and logical - or at least I consistently try to be. I'm no android. I have feelings, and I act on them. But I challenge my beliefs and look for evidence. I check if the facts back up what I think, and when a piece of evidence makes me uncomfortable, I think about it rather than just dismissing it.
- I'm creative. I can imagine strange ways of being and thinking. I like to write stories and always have tons of ideas. I also think up novel research hypotheses and ways of studying them, and novel ways to solve various problems I face.
My strengths (things I'm good at that aren't super essential to my identity):
- I have a high IQ
- I'm curious, with a high need for cognition
- I'm good with animals
- I'm good with languages
- I can figure out how to use technology to meet my needs
- I'm a good sister and daughter
- I instinctively use good 'parenting' strategies with my dog
- I'm a good writer
- I have a good memory for details
