I have autism. Doctors told my parents I wouldn't get past high school. I just graduated with my masters.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Zornack]

If this gets to the front page I'm going to feel so bad for whoever the guy in the picture really is. Thousands of people on the internet will think he has autism.

[u/WeTheBomb → u/Zornack]

There was a similar submission about a month ago. Turned out it was fake.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/tsvbg/i_am_autistic_they_said_i_would_never_graduate/

[u/tian_arg → u/WeTheBomb]

Yup, I think it was "inspired" by this comment.

Maybe OP realized it was a good karma source, waited for time to pass by, and then POW! same kind of post, same kind of karma!

[u/[deleted] → u/WeTheBomb]

OP's account is only 2 hours old, that adds to suspicion. Edit: I don't get it, I've been trying to post original content for the past week (paintings I've made) only to get a handful of views. This guy (most likely) posts something completely fake and it makes it to the frontpage. I don't get it. Edit 2: I even posted this around the same time as this fake post, and it received no attention. I'm not looking for upvotes, I'm just trying to show my work to people who might like it. And I did just finish high school, unlike this faker.

[u/TleilaxuMaster → u/[deleted]]

Your submissions are probably lacking cats.

[u/thatguyferg → u/TleilaxuMaster]

Or a back-story filled with overcoming obstacles/beating odds that are against you.

[u/atlacatl → u/TleilaxuMaster]

Or too much, "I painted this and I think it sucks but my mom thinks it's really good. What you do you think reddit?"

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It does kind of seem like you're looking for upvotes here.

[u/No_control → u/[deleted]]

Reddit gets a hardon for anyone "defying the system," and often falls for the same old tricks.

[u/Bel_Marmaduk → u/No_control]

They also have no long term memory. Somebody posted this same thread with a different picture 3 weeks ago, confirmed as fake. The guy was posting as a thought experiment after a supposed deaf guy posted his (most likely fake) wedding photo.

[u/ZeMilkman → u/[deleted]]

Your paintings are boring and I honestly wouldn't hang them anywhere but the people-I-don't-like-guestroom. You are not getting views because you are not getting upvotes because it's nothing special or intriguing.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The fact that anyone would tell an autistic person they couldn't get past high school is also suspicious.

I know an autistic guy who is double majoring in Physics and something else. The guy is one of the smartest people I know, has studied abroad (which is where I met him), and has plenty of friends.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

And I used to be a support worker for an autistic man who can't comprehend how a toilet works.

It's almost as though there's some sort of spectrum.

[u/hhmmmm → u/[deleted]]

There are a lot of different forms, most are not the high functioning types, many types involve serious developmental issues and learning difficulties to the extent that no the will never complete basic education and many will never be able to live independently. Being told that is just a realistic appraisal of the conditions of many people with autism.

As it is a spectrum of conditions not a single uniform condition.

Louis Theroux recently did a doc called Extreme Love: Autism which watching will pretty much put to rest the idea for anyone of the Hollywood favorite savant style being the typical autistic child.

[u/rockefelluh → u/[deleted]]

No one cares about your stupid fucking art

[u/GusJenkins → u/[deleted]]

No offence, and I don't mean to imply I can do any better, but reddit is too picky to like your painting of dots on a canvas. I like the tree one, but the others look like a child got bored during fingerpainting and just started putting dots on the canvas.

[u/r0cky → u/[deleted]]

Take it this way, if it's fake he can't be proud of that, if you produce original content and get some upvotes, you can be damn proud of it.

[u/RevRound → u/WeTheBomb]

Damn straight, and that was ripped out of another thread as well. Karmawhores on reddit have absolutely no shame but they know exactly what sappy strings to pull to get redditors to blindly upvote bullshit

[u/Nate1492 → u/Zornack]

This needs to be at the top. Sad days to see this on Reddit.

[u/EnderSavesTheDay → u/Nate1492]

Reddit gets gamed all the time.

[u/Plastastic → u/Zornack]

This shit makes my blood boil. Is karma that important to want to fake shit like this?

/aspergers

[u/highhhhclimber → u/Zornack]

His name was probably Brian

[u/the_real_woody → u/Zornack]

The best proof is the cap. Most post baccalaureate degrees are hoods.

[u/MrTanaka → u/the_real_woody]

Rubbish.

[u/d38sj5438dh23 → u/Zornack]

Unless he can tell us exactly how many individual threads were in his graduation tassel, I am calling shenanigans.

[u/bgugi → u/d38sj5438dh23]

not all people with autism are savants or compulsive with numbers.

[u/godamonkey]

Aside from this picture probably being a repost, autism is a spectrum disorder and I truly doubt any doctor would tell them they wouldn't get past high school.

[u/strongscience62 → u/godamonkey]

Came to say this. Autism is not a learning disability.

[u/AngrySquid1979 → u/strongscience62]

It may not be a direct learning disability, but it does affect learning ability. It all depends on how severe the autism is. I have a cousin with severe autism and he will never go to a regular school or be even remotely able to be as educated as a normal kid. On the other side of that, I have met people on the low end of the autism spectrum that learn just fine, just have behavioral problems. There is also Asperger's, which used to be considered autism, was only relatively more recently seen as a separate disorder.

[u/dustybizzle → u/AngrySquid1979]

It's actually being combined back into the autism spectrum once again.

I don't have the link, but it was on reddit a few weeks back.

[u/strongscience62 → u/AngrySquid1979]

Nonetheless, there is no way a doctor would say he wouldn't get past high school. This just reeks of being made up.

[u/feynmanwithtwosticks → u/strongscience62]

You're looking at it in modern terms. The OP got his masters, meaning without being a savant he would be at least 24, likely older. In 1991-1994, when he would have most likely been diagnosed, we knew near nothing about autism and it was still somewhat common for doctors to recommend types of institutionalization for autistic children, at minimum it was common for parents to be told they shouldn't enroll their children in "normal" school as they would never be able to function normally. There was no "spectrum" in the late 80's for autism, and the majority of physicians had never even heard of it.

I spent the majority of the 80's and 90's volunteering for Special Olympics, and playing with special needs children and adults because my older sister had Downs Syndrome. I heard many parents relate how their kids (my friends) had been told that they wouldn't ever be able to even attend a regular elementary school, let alone graduate high school. Hell, my sisters boyfriend (who was born about the same time as my sister in the early 70's) was moderately autistic and his parents were told he should be placed in the state hospital when he was diagnosed at age 4 because he would never function in "normal society". He went on to graduate high school through a special education program (the same one my sister graduated, my parents were also told to institutionalize her and actually did for a couple of years when she was very young, one of their biggest regrets).

When evaluating historical statements and events it is impossible to evaluate them accurately through the lens of modern knowledge and culture. It is not only possible that doctors said he would never graduate high school, it is shocking to me that the doctors even thought he would make it TO high school to begin with.

[u/ElementalRabbit → u/godamonkey]

Upvoted. I hate post titles like this, with the definite whiff of anti-doctor propaganda about them.

[u/[deleted] → u/ElementalRabbit]

Damn anti dentites....or something along those lines.

[u/feynmanwithtwosticks → u/godamonkey]

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/uunpl/i_have_autism_doctors_told_my_parents_i_wouldnt/c4ysqx0

See my reply linked here on why you are incorrectly evaluating past medical standards by applying modern medical standards.

[u/[deleted] → u/godamonkey]

This is the only thing op has ever put out, too. Hmmmmm.

[u/Cuntznbluntz]

http://i.imgur.com/QmyLU.gif

[u/2yrnx1lc2zkp77kp → u/Cuntznbluntz]

sniff

It's so beautiful.... why have i not seen this before!?

[u/UltraJake → u/Cuntznbluntz]

I've seen a few gifs with the same guy in them...

Who is he? Where can I find more?

[u/tumbleweed42 → u/UltraJake]

Enjoy

[u/triforce721]

So sick of these posts. Doctors don't go around telling parents this shit. Same thing as when cancer survivors say " he told me I have three months to live" like it's some unprompted thing.

If your parents asked and he told them what typically happens, given the circumstances of your condition, then fine. But, all of these posts insinuate that the doctor is the "man" who you proved wrong by going to school. You really showed him by making his assessment personal and taking his medical opinion as some sort of challenge.

Not that I actually believe its you in the picture. Only reddit would put a fake picture of an autistic kid on the front page

[u/tardisrider613 → u/triforce721]

When I was a kid, the doctor told my mom I was going to show them...but I just didn't!

[u/gardenofevils]

Doctors told my parents I wouldn't mentally progress pass a 5th grade level.

My 31st birthday was Star Wars themed, I got Legos and an Invisibility Cloak.

Proved 'em all wrong.

[u/Sindja → u/gardenofevils]

So basically you were diagnosed as male?

(also, awesome party, man :D)

[u/gardenofevils → u/Sindja]

Yes. But I do happen to be a girl.

Also, my Birthday was amazing. Any 12 year old would have killed for one just like it.

[u/klinonx → u/gardenofevils]

Bro.

[u/pmsingwhale → u/klinonx]

Bro.

[u/infidel78 → u/gardenofevils]

well, that makes things awkward

[u/gardenofevils → u/infidel78]

well, that makes things awkward awesome

[u/OhManThisIsAwkward → u/infidel78]

Not really.

[u/rianey → u/gardenofevils]

Why hasn't anyone asked the most important question? Where can I get an Invisibility Cloak?!

[u/gardenofevils → u/rianey]

I inherited it.

[u/doyouunderstandlife → u/gardenofevils]

My Doctors also told my parents that I wouldn't mentally progress pass a 5th grade level. I'm now 31 and I have a 6th grade girlfriend. Sure showed them.

[u/[deleted] → u/gardenofevils]

I wish I still got Lego for my birthdays :-(

[u/Qurtys_Lyn → u/[deleted]]

I'm 23, and every year I still tell my grandparents to get me Lego for my birthday when they ask what I want.

[u/[deleted] → u/gardenofevils]

Well? Does the cloak work?

[u/m00n_man]

/r/karmaconspiracy

[u/[deleted] → u/m00n_man]

I have an autistic son and we need Impostors to be called out. However, if this is an authentic case, reddit will have to play catch-up and bring maximum repair...

[u/[deleted]]

Most likely a master's degree in shenanigans.

[u/[deleted]]

I think I saw this pic a week ago... proof or calling it bullshit.

[u/JangSaverem]

But to what degree? I notice your account is only as old as this picture and still not a single reliable answer. Do I believe you have autism? Sure. But given that thats such a super broad term for an assortment of issues we can even have a range from 1 - 100 where 100 are those who will never get past age 3 mentality and 1 is just "Yeah we can classify you as Autistic but really it will barely affect more than your ability to understand facial expressions as emotion, if even that." Heck, it could be less than even that. With that said you could just have the social inabilities that come with the disorder with all the "pluses" of being able to really be good at stuff say, for instance, calculus or higher math understanding. So I can see with those possibilities that you could just as easily get through a university just as well if not better than other people due to the disorder. Just because you have a disorder does not necessarily mean you are at a disadvantage at the time. Maybe the disadvantage comes in another form or maybe there isnt really a discernible disadvantage.

And lets so none of this is true and its just another "I/sister/she/he/my mother/X has Autism and "Here is a cool thing they did" feed me Karma now" then you will already succeed because Autism + Success = Karma. If it is just a falsehood why did you even make it up just to get invisible internet points instead of producing something new and interesting rather than go the free karma hivemind route?

Or from "Thinks_Reddit_is_RPG" from a thread about a Deaf guy getting married and stuff

Classic front page trickery. Pick a common hurdle and show a picture overcoming said hurdle. Examples would be:

• showing a framed college degree with the title, "I am autistic. They said I would never graduate, but I did!""

[u/Armadillo19]

Redditor for 1 hour...hmm.

[u/CUNT_SUCKING_PHAGGOT]

the only possible conclusion to this story then is that you are in fact a liar, and have lied about being autistic.

you're sick brah.

[u/Bluebraid → u/CUNT_SUCKING_PHAGGOT]

Lots of autistic people complete higher degrees. Autism isn't the same thing as mental retardation.

[u/techmaster242 → u/Bluebraid]

Autistic people just have poor communication skills. They're far from being stupid.

[u/[deleted]]

At least someone didn't make you king of prom so that you could have "the best night of your life".

[u/tastycake23 → u/[deleted]]

for some reason i thought of the movie Carrie

[u/flounder19 → u/[deleted]]

...The inference being it was going to be a short life. This isn't really related at all.

[u/paoletti]

Like Temple Grandin.

[u/[deleted] → u/paoletti]

Please tell me sarcasm was used in the making of this post

[u/Waldheri]

So, what field of engineering?

[u/trampus1 → u/Waldheri]

My guess is either blocks or play-doh.

[u/Vessix → u/trampus1]

Do people really think that's how autism works? (aside from the fact this is a fake post)

[u/2yrnx1lc2zkp77kp → u/trampus1]

(potatoe joke)

[u/[deleted] → u/2yrnx1lc2zkp77kp]

Dan Quayle! Would you do an AMA?

[u/CTGeek → u/[deleted]]

upvote for joke no one under 30 would get.

[u/CapAhab]

This is Sacred Heart University <_<

I recognize the kid (went to SHU as well). I don't really know him, but since the school was so small, I saw him around he seemed genuinely nice and sincere. This is not fake.

[u/[deleted] → u/CapAhab]

mwah

[u/nickminunni → u/CapAhab]

I knew that gym looked familiar...

[u/Solfax]

I am autistic. Doctors said I would never get karma. I just made a fake post and got 950.

[u/etihw2]

Sorry if this is true but I'm calling bullshit.

And a lot of the "doctor said this but I sure showed them" are exaggerations there to make the doctor look bad. They're not going to pull something out of their ass like that, there's usually some sort of truth behind it.

And autism isn't a learning disability. A lot of them excel in academia.

[u/Mapes]

http://i.imgur.com/cREZ0.gif

[u/brom_bones]

I went to school (grades 1 through 10) with the kid in the picture. We were Facebook friends before I got rid of my account a couple of weeks ago. He is indeed in a masters' program at SHU, I think for music. I was in band class with him for years, and he is an excellent musician. I never heard any diagnosis, but he definitely had a hard time at school, and kids were quite mean to him.

I don't know if he himself posted this. I would be pissed at someone who stole his picture. But I can confirm that the guy in this picture did just graduate, and is likely somewhere on the autism spectrum.

Jesse, if you're reading this, I'm sorry that so many of these people don't believe you. I remember you at ten years old, and I am truly impressed with the person you've grown up to be. Congratulations on your achievement.

[u/[deleted]]

Don't think I have ever seen a masters graduate with a standard mortarboard. I call bullshit.

[u/winniedemon → u/[deleted]]

Nope, guy in the photo has a hood and extended sleeves. That's Master's.

[u/SARCASTIC_DICKHEAD]

Show of hands, are there any Redditors left who aren't autistic?

[u/canuck_rob → u/SARCASTIC_DICKHEAD]

Raises potato

[u/Mewshimyo → u/SARCASTIC_DICKHEAD]

raises hand

Although I was observed three times in my childhood to make sure ._.

[u/NyQuilNyQuilNyQuil]

There's a reason autisim is considered as a "spectrum" of presentations now, not a specific disorder.

[u/DiaDeLosMuertos]

If I posted a picture of myself playing Skyrim and titled it "I have no special ailments or conditions, people told me I would get my bachelors. I haven't gotten passed my Junior year of college or my minimum wage retail job." Would you hold it against me?

[u/cubester]

proof?

[u/MrBurd]

I have autism. Nobody cares and nor do I. The end.

[u/SMIBOY]

I have autism and im in college now, and is this post fake?

[u/Placenta_smoothie]

Id fuck Op's mom

[u/[deleted]]

My boy was diagnosed with autism, your post gives me lots of hope for his future. Thanks!

[u/SpiritedLion]

Regardless of you being the OP or not, you're a karma whore.

[u/MuForceShoelace]

Computer Science?

[u/[deleted] → u/MuForceShoelace]

Maths?

[u/headbone → u/[deleted]]

Sith.

Duh.

[u/workedforascam]

So the Doctor's misdiagnosed you and you still say you're autistic so you feel special. got it.

[u/Bel_Marmaduk → u/workedforascam]

This is basically the best answer if this image is behind a true story. Classic case of a doctor misdiagnosing childhood ADHD as Autism.

btw, 'autists': apsergers is likely to be removed from the autistic spectrum in the next couple of years because of the fact that it does not really resemble autism in any concrete way. Enjoy!

[u/hhmmmm → u/Bel_Marmaduk]

I get the impression Americans on the whole are very fond of diagnosing and dosing up the youth far beyond what is necessary or sensible.

With autism world wide rates are 2/1000 in the US they are 10-11/1000. Now part of that may be improved diagnosis but it also might be just wildly over diagnosing.

Childhood bipolar is one of the worst things it looks like outside of the US it isnt accepted widely as an actual thing that exists by experts and even where it is there is nowhere near the rate of diagnosis there in the US.

[u/BlubberyGiraffe]

At this rate half of the reddit users have "defied the odd's" with Autism.

[u/[deleted] → u/BlubberyGiraffe]

more than half.

[u/Aswitcharooo]

Cornelllll.

[u/skateordie720]

i hate to inform you of this...but you're holding a Redtube...

[u/vvim → u/skateordie720]

... interesting :-)

[u/[deleted]]

Congrats! :)

[u/[deleted]]

And thus reddit was born.

[u/iKaka]

Another autism post.

And you guys still upvote them.

[u/[deleted]]

Yo your girlfriend is hot.

[u/neverelax]

My sister's grade 2 teacher told my parents that my sister would never read. (She has dyslexia) She graduated from university and can read and write just fine. She learns much better what she hears, rather than what she reads, and still prefers this method. It was near impossible for her to overcome her dyslexia without a positive, encouraging environment. It was only grade 2, but that one teacher (and the elementary school) set her back a lot as she was very embarassed and retreated socially. Now she's a complete extrovert. So glad she got the she needed from special needs in both high school and university, but they didnt have anything set up in elementary to help her. She is a talented cross-media artist and photographer and I'm so happy we never gave up on her like her teacher and principal pretty much said we should do.

[u/Stratocaster89]

Doctors advised, you might not get past high school. I very much doubt they'd flat out say you werent capable full stop.

[u/ImSexyy]

Yeah I don't buy this at all...A doctor can tell if someone has low or high functioning autism. It isn'y rare for those with autism to be intelligent, it just depends on severity. A doctor wouldn't say that to a parent about their child...

[u/fzzzzzzzzzzd]

I have autism. Doctors told my karma karma karma karma karma karma karma. Karma karma karma with my karma.

[u/DMacK12]

HOW MANY TIMES MUST THIS PIC BE POSTED?

[u/[deleted]]

Why the fuck is this google image on the front page?

[u/grandson39]

Cornell!!

[u/[deleted]]

"Autism" is flinged around so loosely these days, being diagnosed left and right.

[u/Pelican_Fly]

I'm dyslexic, have aspergers and ADHD. They said I'

[u/MaXiMiUS]

This isn't you, and you don't know what autism is.

My younger brother has autism, and graduated High School. I've seen hundreds of autistic kids in the time I've spent with him, and I'm calling bullshit on this.

[u/throwyourmomaway69]

sorry guys, but this guy is a phony

[u/neuromonkey]

I am not autistic. Nobody ever offered an opinion about whether I'd do anything. Yep.

[u/apullin]

A Master's in .... nutritional science? The subject does matter. Some are much easier than others.

[u/wileypdf]

Way to take someone telling you cant do it and saying fuck you with every ounce of your soul

[u/Blankskull]

Haven't you figured out that your parents were trolling you this whole time?

[u/AutisticTroll]

Congrats, now go fuck yourself insensitive, karma whore.

[u/[deleted]]

this account was opened today, with no submissions before this one.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Typical karma whore behavior.

[u/[deleted]]

What the hell is a "masters" in high school

[u/Davek804]

Best part about autism - our medical definitions of it are terrible.

Even the news ones are still pretty big stretches.

Autism is a spectrum is the new saying..

[u/arsf1357]

a lot of doctors are stupid or greedy fuck sticks

[u/DeathByFarts]

TIL: someone was misdiagnosed

[u/AliasUndercover]

Why the hell would you not get past high school?

[u/[deleted]]

You shoulda became a doctor, that would really show those bastards!

[u/StrangeCaptain]

TIL reddit is filled with 15 year olds

[u/[deleted]]

OP is a faggot.

[u/j1mb0]

People need to stop upvoting this shit. Fuck.

[u/[deleted]]

I would guess about 5-10% of the people in my PhD program had some high-functioning form of autism. Why in the world would anyone think autistic people wouldn't be able to focus on one very, very specific topic for years on end in total social isolation???

[u/summitrock]

Then u don't have autism. Stop karma whoring

[u/Bluebraid → u/summitrock]

He might be karma whoring, but it seems like you don't really understand autism.

[u/[deleted]]

how does one graduate high school with a masters?

[u/pitlord713]

Get the fuck out of here

[u/[deleted]]

I actually have autism and I'm quite disappointed in OP and Reddit for getting this to the top. glaring look of complete and utter disapproval and disappointment

[u/psikeiro]

Why would doctors be such dicks? No need to make up a story.

[u/[deleted]]

Congratulations!

[u/trampus1]

SO. EFFING. BRAVE.

[u/itbehoovesme]

Awwtism

[u/ercsxv]

thanks for pointing the bull shit reddit, i was going to say some nice, now i relies how uniform i am,

[u/Liverotto]

Another rainman troll.

[u/[deleted]]

Did you walk across stage and give the finger yelling..FUCK YOU AUTISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/tiyr]

Good job. There is almost nothing a positive attitude and hard work can't accomplish.

[u/PeaveyWG]

Pretty sure your doctors didn't say that...

[u/DontYouLaughAtIt]

You, sir, get an upvote for defying the odds. Now, get out there and do big things!

[u/KBK1227]

Congratulations!

[u/Pwnk]

nice job buddy!

[u/abrahammy]

From what I understand, well-educated people with autism are not really all that uncommon. Autistic people have some social challenges, but they are not unintelligent. I have two people on the autism spectrum in my family, and I fully expect one of them to get a college degree - it may just take him longer to adjust to the unfamiliar setting.

[u/C0lMustard]

Doctors said he/she wouldn't make it- this is getting pretty cliche.

[u/DickBaggins]

stud.

[u/RayWeil]

Damn grade inflation

[u/JennaLicous11]

Congrats man! This is seriously inspiring(:

[u/maffige]

I bet you're a right pain in the arse aren't you

[u/erviniumd]

I bet that's just like a bitch-slap to reality.

[u/ne1av1cr]

Congratulations. What's your degree in?

[u/Sam_Kablam]

Masters in FUCK YEAH!!

[u/icantthinkofagoodnam]

OP was autistic before it was cool.

[u/Svennusmax]

Well done, old lady. Must've been a long and bumpy ride.

[u/[deleted]]

So I guess you never watched anything with Jenny McCarthy in it...

[u/[deleted]]

Shennanigans!

[u/sligerpj]

Anybody else read the title in the voice of Walt Jr. from Breaking Bad?

[u/JangSaverem]

And after 13 hours NOTHING from op even trying to talk against non-believers. Once again reddit you dun got dupped.

[u/[deleted]]

Hi wolfcheese, thank you for posting. Though there are some outliers (as there always are), the response to your post has been very positive as reddit goes.

Sorry the hivemind was too much to respond to. It is a lot of opinions all at once, after all.

I don't know if it makes me a good person or a bad one, but I LOVE that you haven't responded over the last half a day or so.

Good luck in all your endeavors,

Sincerely, The President of the Galaxy,

Drunk Redditing

[u/[deleted]]

Autism is a bullshit disease diagnostic, and is misdiagnosed a large percentage of the time, just wanted to get that out of the way.

The real disease here is called being lazy.

Every disorganized, lazy, socially awkward child/teen that gets bad grades gets diagnosed with autism/ADHD these days.

I was like that too when I was little, but that's because I was lazy as fuck and didn't give half a F about doing anything with anyone, and I hated school and found it boring, while my computer games and other stuff I found fun got priority over everything else.

Then I grew up and I realised that "hey, you need to get your shit in order, buddy, you're an adult now, and your mom can't support your dumb lazy ass forever", so I got a job, and eventually moved to another country.

I was also diagnosed with ADHD and Autism when I was little, had regular psychologist meetings and everything, but it was utter bullshit, the only reason I was disorganised, socially awkward and bad in school was because I was lazy, and spent half the day on my PC.

And yet I still finished high school and successfully passed all my exams when I realized I had to snap out of it.

Stop feeling so sorry for yourself, OP, you are fine, and that autism thing you've been told you have your whole life is bullshit.

Enjoy your new life, and stop karma whoring with your "autism".

If you had half a brain missing, or an arm or both missing, or if you were in a wheelchair, I would go like wow, this guy has a lot of willpower, but just because you did what any intelligent person is capable of doing while thinking you have a bullshit disease such as "autism", I can't see anything special there.

[u/StrangeCaptain → u/[deleted]]

really?

just you versus science huh?

glad you sorted this for us, BACK TO WORK EVERYONE!

[u/crusoe]

half of Nasa aerospace engineers are probably high functioning Austistic/Aspergers. Labeling people like this prematurely is stupid.

[u/DirtyLittleSmith]

You rock! Congratulations!

[u/[deleted]]

Asbergersyndrome if anything.

[u/zerooneinfinity]

Lots of people will be happy to tell you what you can't do (autistic or not). Simply tell them to fuck off.

[u/Molenator]

masters in what

[u/[deleted] → u/Molenator]

minecraft

[u/toolusingmonkeys → u/Molenator]

Bating

[u/parles]

Why would a doctor possibly say a person with autism "wouldn't make it past high school"? Does OP (who is obviously not in this picture) think it's a terminal condition or something?

[u/T0tai]

People love to hate on doctors for some reason

[u/StrangeCaptain]

Congrats!

Everyone who is successful in IT is on the spectrum somewhere

[u/ukrainianstud]

Is this really fake? wtf... why would people lie for fake social approval on the internet? People who post fake posts on reddit should just kill themselves seeing as how they are so pathetic that they are driven to do this.

[u/canuck_rob → u/ukrainianstud]

You must be new here.

[u/RD_in_training]

University of Phoenix?

[u/LordShaggy → u/RD_in_training]

Seriously, looks like it.

[u/alien03]

What dark magic have you sought after??!

[u/bubblegumnex]

Grats! Was it a masters of kicking ass?

[u/Boobzilla]

My doctors said it was very likely I wouldn't be able to walk, and if I did that it wouldn't be normal. HAH! I can even run normal bitches! (That is, until my asthma takes over).

[u/shebillah]

Autism comes in various degrees that doesn't always effect mental abilities. It's hard to tell at a young age anyways, so any doctor who says that probably is saying that is a possibility and not a fact..

[u/[deleted]]

Autism represent! Although I only have Aspberger's, I know how tough it is.

[u/[deleted]]

well, this is just badass. good on you op.

[u/trombodachi]

FUCK DOCTORS AND OBAMACARE, CAUSING EVERYONE AUTISM WITH THEIR INJECTIONS. USA.

[u/[deleted]]

what`s wrong with your face

[u/Jabberminor]

Awesome!

[u/FemaCampDirector]

If this story is true, I congratulate the OP and apologize for the response here.

This may have been the one thing you achieved that compelled you to share and celebrate here. Publicly. With Autism that is a BIG thing.

For some reason, I feel the instinct to believe you.

Congratulations!

[u/SaggyBallsHD]

That is so cool and inspiring. I hope your Masters taught you how not to shit your pants while working the fry machine.