Potential Problem with Rushing

[random2009]

Although I wasn't able to do it when I during my freshman year, I am now interested in joining a fraternity at my university. There are a few houses that look good, but there is one in particular that I am most interested in joining. I have already been to a couple of their events and had the opportunity to meet members in addition to those that I am already friends with.

My primary concern with this is that I have a progressive developmental disorder that is on the high end of the autism spectrum called Asperger's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome). This disorder has impaired my social life to a large extent. That said, since I found out that I had this disorder, I have been able to work on a lot of the symptoms now that I better understand them and how they are a problem. For example, I've learned to turn my "obsessions" into healthy interests and not talk about them all of the time. I am also better at being able to sound like a teenager when I have a conversation rather than sounding like a middle aged man in a professional environment.

In any case, while I have been able to lessen the severity of these symptoms, they still inhibit social interaction to an extent and I come across as being distant and awkward. That said, after a while, people usually warm up to me and accept my quirks as what makes me unique. I am pretty much set on rushing this fall. Are there any tips that you can think of that would help?