Comparison of challeged lives

[The People]

I wonder if anyone else has ever made this comparison or noticed similarities.

Today I was watching a rerun of a television show. In it the main focus was a female character with Asperger's syndrome. She is open about her challenges. How she has to study others to figure out 'normal'. Read about it. How she has trouble explaining herself. How others don't understand her any more than she understands them. She is bright academically but socially she gets stuck.

I see many similarities. One is a birth challenge while ours are created by life. However, I do see a lot of challenges between us. I think I mentioned this to a T years ago and she stated that the big difference being they never get better while we will. I disagree because I will never be better to the point where life is not me being Atlas carrying the world on my shoulders.

And while people consider Asperger's to be fascinating and they do DID as well, they fear Asperger's less than DID. Work harder to understand it.

Opinions?