MONMOUTH, Ill. — Tabitha Cooper was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome on Sept. 11, 2004 at the age of 23. Her diagnosis explained a lot of the struggles she'd battled in high school. Cooper said she wasn't diagnosed when she was younger because many people thought autism was a mental disorder.
"I always felt different," she said. "There were some times I wanted to be alone. Sometimes I wanted to be around people. I didn't feel like I fit in with any group. I feel like the pinball in the pinball machine going from one group to another."
But Cooper has maintained her independence, relationships and work even though her condition makes life difficult sometimes.
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