Just so nobody gets me wrong, I am certainly not discounting all the aspies that have so many symptoms to such an extreme, that people may look at them as insane. Personally, I WOULD have looked at them like that before. I don't any more. I think I may even understand some of it now, as I spoke to several affected people. That doesn't make me consider it any less dangerous, etc...
Even some that are communicative and are on the computer feel they see no benefit, etc... and have lots of problems. And they would generally love to be "cured". Some even attempt suicide. Maybe they will soon come up with a way to make them seem more normal(fewer emotional problems, and stims/self harming), but you can't very well cure something that is so pervasive. Still, most, of the ones that discuss it on the internet, would apparantly rather live with the quirks. Granted most aren't into self harming, etc... BTW I don't mean to imply it is a voluntary thing. It ISN'T! Many say they are bleeding profusely, etc... before they even know they did it.
ALSO, there are certainly people that won't or can't talk about it, and they may be far worse.
I just wanted to show both sides of the coin. My problems are mainly social, so it doesn't personally affect me physically that much. I have no idea how much of the community is like me, but I DO know I am far from rare. Also, we are the least likely to get diagnosed or even seek it out.
WOW, you don't have to swear! To say you have a bit of a diagnosis isn't even saying you have the condition. ALSO, your girlfriend sounds like an extreme case. They aren't all that bad. You ARE right in that most DON'T have it. They do IT because it is a job, or they're curious.
As for aspiring to become, you are BORN with AS! It isn't something that comes and/or goes.
Wikipedia DOES do OK, but you have to read the WHOLE THING and understand what it is saying. WOW, if you get THIS angry here, you would be REALLY angry at what people skip by, or how they misinterpret to make things fit. THAT is the real problem, NOT wikipedia.
As for me, it explains a LOT. I am not bragging about it. I am not getting special help. I am not on disability. It just explains a LOT. It is SHOCKING how much it explains. Likes....Dislikes....Abilities....Way of thinking....Senses....Trust....etc... These are things I haven't seen in others, but many AS people have them ALL!
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Yep, and that IS the feeling by most apparantly, including myself. I resent, and lament, that I changed as much as I did to appear more normal.
All it did was hide my difference, and make me less likely, and thereby less able, to use some neat talents I had.
Steve
Just so nobody gets me wrong, I am certainly not discounting all the aspies that have so many symptoms to such an extreme, that people may look at them as insane. Personally, I WOULD have looked at them like that before. I don't any more. I think I may even understand some of it now, as I spoke to several affected people. That doesn't make me consider it any less dangerous, etc...
Even some that are communicative and are on the computer feel they see no benefit, etc... and have lots of problems. And they would generally love to be "cured". Some even attempt suicide. Maybe they will soon come up with a way to make them seem more normal(fewer emotional problems, and stims/self harming), but you can't very well cure something that is so pervasive. Still, most, of the ones that discuss it on the internet, would apparantly rather live with the quirks. Granted most aren't into self harming, etc... BTW I don't mean to imply it is a voluntary thing. It ISN'T! Many say they are bleeding profusely, etc... before they even know they did it.
ALSO, there are certainly people that won't or can't talk about it, and they may be far worse.
I just wanted to show both sides of the coin. My problems are mainly social, so it doesn't personally affect me physically that much. I have no idea how much of the community is like me, but I DO know I am far from rare. Also, we are the least likely to get diagnosed or even seek it out.
Steve
WOW, you don't have to swear! To say you have a bit of a diagnosis isn't even saying you have the condition. ALSO, your girlfriend sounds like an extreme case. They aren't all that bad. You ARE right in that most DON'T have it. They do IT because it is a job, or they're curious.
As for aspiring to become, you are BORN with AS! It isn't something that comes and/or goes.
Wikipedia DOES do OK, but you have to read the WHOLE THING and understand what it is saying. WOW, if you get THIS angry here, you would be REALLY angry at what people skip by, or how they misinterpret to make things fit. THAT is the real problem, NOT wikipedia.
As for me, it explains a LOT. I am not bragging about it. I am not getting special help. I am not on disability. It just explains a LOT. It is SHOCKING how much it explains. Likes....Dislikes....Abilities....Way of thinking....Senses....Trust....etc... These are things I haven't seen in others, but many AS people have them ALL!
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