I'm gonna start a little series here. Just to clarify, I am not self-diagnosed. I have been diagnosed by a psychologist two times. Once when I was 4, again at 18.
I'm not very good at talking about it off the top of my head, I'm better at answering questions I'm asked about it, so if you got any just go ahead and post a comment! Anyways let's get started

To start, I wasn't speaking any words until I was 6 years old, no kidding. I was potty trained a year before I started talking! My mom told be if she ever tried to talk to me, I would bite her. I just didn't like talking at all, and I didn't even attempt to talk because, if my memory serves me right, I was confuzzled at all the different sounds and "words" adults would spring together, it stimulated my brain too much and I couldn't learn. But when my mom got these books that read to you (I think they were leapfrog) I started repeating what the books said, my mom said I sounded "Robotic" at first, but then I started learning from what commercials, radio, and TV Shows said and I learned more words. And before you know it I had an accent (my accent if you talk to me, is heavily Michigan-influenced)

Honestly I'm really lucky to be talking, most people with classic autism aren't talking, that's why most people mistake me for having Aspergers, which I wish was true. I wish I had a strong interest and something I'm genius at! I wish I could do long algebra equations in my head! That sort of thing. :P I will talk about my schooling later on, for now I'll just say I've done pretty well thanks to all the help I got, I was able to graduate from high school with a regular diploma

Like I said, if you have any questions about what it's like to have autism, please let me know!