What is one thing that your autism allows you to do that gives you an advantage over neurotypicals?

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Like the title. We often get so wrapped up in the hardships we forget we have superpowers.
For me, it's stuff like the situation from today:
I was walking with my friend, pointed at a parked car and said
Me: That car has just been running.

Him: ??? How do you know that?

Me: I can smell it. Cars have a smell. And the snowflakes on the hood melt. It's still warm. Hence the smell.

Him: Why are you telling me this?

Me: I have to live with that information, and you're in my proximity. What did you expect would happen?

But anyway, sometimes my enhanced senses give me a surprising edge. In this scenario it was useless, but you have to admit, I would do numbers as an investigator lmao

Share your superpower stories.

Posted Jan 14, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC

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