Rolfe Schmidt

I’ve been spending a bit of time over at Hyperlexicon lately.  When I read Christa’s posts about Ben, sometimes I feel like I’m reading about my boy S.  She also does a great job digging into some ASD-type behaviors and relating them to behaviors I know I have.

In her latest post, she catches her son pretending to be normal, and wonders whether Ben will be able to use this strategy to fit in.

Probably.

After all, isn’t that what being an adult really is? Don’t many of us get through a day at the office or a social gathering or a job interview by doing just that: by pretending to be normal?

I know I did a lot of that when I was in school.  I do it whenever I speak other languages — I say what I know how to say, not want I mean.  But I think I’ve gotten most of the pretense out of my life at this point.

Of course, that means my career hopes are shot.  Too bad.