Asperger's Syndrome/ Autism Spectrum "Disorder"

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I don't have it myself. I do however recall watching a True Life special on it; although all I remember of the program is that this one kid had Autism and was a comedian. He pretty much embraced what he had and even make jokes about it.

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Autism is a scale, right? I've known a few people who were closer to the top end and yeah in social situations it can be quite awkward. I am above average myself, but I do try to tone it down as much as possible by going out regularly. I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if more people were higher on the scale, in my opinion there are many who would benefit from a little more intelligence and introversion.
 
Melodius Trueheart said:
lol "suffering"

I find that taken as a whole, AS is a net positive.
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Pretty much. You don't intuitively understand social situations, but you are basically better at everything else. And you can learn social situations, unlike some hard core Autism. It's like a mini-savantism. I know this from experience.
 
Sadly, both my 8 year old brother and 7 year old sister have autism. My sister also has Aspergers. I'm free of those disorders, but you'll never get a true understanding of either of them until you live with people who have it.
 
There is a guy in my year at school with it. And well, he has a lot of social issues. His favorite schoolyard hobbies are watching people go to the toilet, and sneaking up on people and touching their hair. The annoying this is that we really have to yell at him to get the picture, because otherwise he thinks that he is really 'awesome' (because others take advantage of him doing anything they say). And he isn't smart (at all) either :\
 
I agree with the poster above.

Also,
I'm an Aspie.

But I don't want to emphasize the feeling of 'pity', I just explain to others the reasons of my excentricity.
 
I think the only major negative is that I tend to believe what people say - because I don't intuit social situations, I'm inclined not to distrust people's motives (i.e. naivete.)

Obviously time and experience has alleviated this, but it still happens.
 
My baby cousins have been diagnosed with it. They can't form sentences well, but its amazing how smart they are for their age.

I find the disorder, or whatever it may be (I cannot say I am to acquainted with the subject) interesting.
 
There's a good chance I have it. Although the IQ boost is nice, I have to agree that it's overall negative. I have an awful time concentrating on schoolwork, and I'm really terrible at dealing with people too.
 
My sister has this "condition". I've read a few books on the subject (to better learn how to cope with living with her), and I think she has it pretty "bad". She has major social problems, self-righteous attitude, and she acts like she's 10. It's really sad, actually... she's older than me. She can be more fun in many situations, though, since she really doesn't mind being silly, =P
 
Allosteric said:
There's a good chance I have it. Although the IQ boost is nice, I have to agree that it's overall negative. I have an awful time concentrating on schoolwork, and I'm really terrible at dealing with people too.
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Meh, it depends - you might just find that particular work boring. I loved English in high school and consistenly gave effort in that class; I hated physics and completely ignored it. (in short, I have difficulty forcing myself to do things I hate no matter how "necessary" they are). Organization was a big problem though - losing assignments, forgetting to turn in assignments, and so forth.

When AS people find stuff interesting, they *really* get into it to the point of obsession, when they don't, they ignore it completely in many cases.

For example, even though I'm "supposed" to be driving now, since I'm not interested in many of the things driving allows, and because the requirements for a license are insane (60 hours of practice IIRC, with like 10 being with an instructor in Maryland), I just haven't bothered.

About the social stuff, maybe it's just me, or maybe it's been the various influences I've had, but I just don't find being able to interact socially all that important to me, as long as I'm not completely lonely.
 
Allosteric said:
There's a good chance I have it. Although the IQ boost is nice, I have to agree that it's overall negative. I have an awful time concentrating on schoolwork, and I'm really terrible at dealing with people too.
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I don't think you necessarily get an IQ boost - actually from what I know that is more the exception rather than the rule, right?
 
supposivly I have this but have never been diagonised by a doctor or anything. I just had my mother at one time try to introduce me to the disorder and looked through the symtoms. After looking through them Id have to agree that I have many of the symtoms.. one that caught my eye was the restricted interests and the social interactions.

I think this is a borderline "disorder" though. Just because someone doesnt want to have many friends/poor communication or have specific interests doesnt mean they are adnormal. Its just the way they are.
 
Melodius Trueheart said:
About the social stuff, maybe it's just me, or maybe it's been the various influences I've had, but I just don't find being able to interact socially all that important to me, as long as I'm not completely lonely.
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not to be rude, but isnt it more likely that this mindframe is your way of coping with the difficulty you have with social interaction?
 
Vyacheslav said:
I think its a bit implausible how many people have such a syndrome in such a small community,
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you are absolutely right.

don't self-diagnose. being a loser doesn't mean you have asperger's. it means you're a loser. reading some general symptoms of something on wikipedia doesn't make you a qualified diagnostician!
 
LordS said:
you are absolutely right.

don't self-diagnose. being a loser doesn't mean you have asperger's. it means you're a loser. reading some general symptoms of something on wikipedia doesn't make you a qualified diagnostician!
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while this is a very valid point, it really isnt THAT implausible if you think about it.

if you treat 'autism' as all-encompassing in regards to the various forms of it, im fairly certain that at present the incidence is somewhere around 1:100 in america.

furthermore, this is a forum; a POKEMON forum, to be more exact, lol. social problems dont matter on the internet. so i guess it isnt that ridiculous that so many 'autists' would flock here.

but all in all id have to agree with lords
 
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