The AUTISM SPECTRUM Thread (Now with extra rainbows!)

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I appreciate all forms of music made before the last 20 years.


But seriously, classic progressive rock for me...

Wait, what were we talking about here?

[Kaage Ryoko]

People with autism or a form of it and how we all relate to each other.

[Kamikaze Scotsman]

Oh, autism talk! It feels like I've seen a bunch of these threads, but maybe I'm just imagining it.

Anyway, I have Aspergers.

[Varkarrus]

Things were going nicely for me

Until I pulled a burger from my ass.

[Anarel]

I have not being diagnosed, but I think (and also my girlfriend) have Asperger. Thankfully she has helped me a lot to overcome my (numerous) difficulties when it comes to socialize with people, make friends and all of that, speak in public, etc. However, I still don't have a "fixed" group of friends... and I really don't have the slight interest. It's not like I'm antisocial or something, it's just that I don't know how to deal with people.

Oh, and guess what I want to become in a near future? An (English) teacher. Yay for me! = D

PD : By the way, how do one gets diagnosed with Autism or Asperger? Do you have to take a special test or something? I really want to know if I have it or not.

[Kaage Ryoko]

Try reading up on it (books not online) and see if anything relates to you. Honestly, my parents diagnosed me, but I really don't see how it affects your life... it just changed how I see the world. Plus I have an excuse for being smart.

[Inconspicularity]

girlfriend

You don't have aspergers.

[orngjce223]

girlfriend

You don't have aspergers.

That is the largest unwarranted assumption I've heard in a long time. And I read Slashdot.

If, as he says, his girlfriend is the one who put him onto the "hey maybe you have aspergers like me" trail, it seems entirely plausible to me. Now, it means their relationship might not last forever, but that's... kind of the definition of having a "girlfriend" instead of a "wife".

Also assortative mating, but some people like saying that the tenets of evolutionary theory don't apply to human beings, so I'll shut up.

[clockworkWyvern]

I am currently undiagnosed, but several psychologists have wanted to test me for it over the years, to which I have refused several times. I don't have a great deal of many friends, or socialize as often as I would truly like, but I am getting by life, more or less. My brother, however, has been diagnosed with Aspergers, which is on one end of the autism spectrum as far as I know.

[MeiMei]

Well, Apsies can have a tendency to recognize other Aspies- or people close enough to have some sort of social disorder- but I'm only speaking from experience. One of my older friends who lives in another state is also an Apsie, and she suspected that I had it a little while before I was officially diagnosed with the syndrome.

@clockworkWyvern: Disorders on the autism spectrum are genetic, so having some sort of autism/asperger's-related disorder is a probability if your brother is diagnosed as such. But I'd recommend letting a psychologist check for that instead of me.

[Anarel]

That is the largest unwarranted assumption I've heard in a long time. And I read Slashdot.

If, as he says, his girlfriend is the one who put him onto the "hey maybe you have aspergers like me" trail, it seems entirely plausible to me. Now, it means their relationship might not last forever, but that's... kind of the definition of having a "girlfriend" instead of a "wife".

Also assortative mating, but some people like saying that the tenets of evolutionary theory don't apply to human beings, so I'll shut up.

Eh, we have been together since 8 years now. Nevertheless, it has not been easy at all: three times we have been at the verge of breaking up, but we are still together. I think you can say it's love... or she's extremely patient. Also, we don't plan to marry, thus the reason why I don't refer her as my "wife".

Anyway, she merely told me that I probably have Aspergers. I recently did a test (online, though) and the results were positive. Not that it was 100% reliable, but it's something.

[Kaage Ryoko]

Yeah I'd go and get an official diagnosis. I dont really see how that changes who you are though... meh... you learn to live with it.

[Putnam]

I was misdiagnosed, due to having a few tendencies (obsessive interest, etc.), but I still get all these perks in school from it :V

does that count?

EDIT: upon retrospect, maybe it wasn't that flagrant a misdiagnose after all

and maybe it wasn't a misdiagnose

huh

[DreamDaze]

Diagnosed Aspergian here. I honestly didn't think I'd find a topic like this here.

[orngjce223]

Oh, my college has an Autism Speaks club. I think something's going to need to be done about that, because Autism Speaks is Not Cool.

[Iceco]

Yup, diagnosed Aspie here, and I don't know what the flying hell I'm doing.

Well, that felt wierd to type. Hope I don't have a giant neon sign hovering over my head now. It used to do that whenever I thought about autism.

[Bran34]

I'm diagnosed with ADHD.

I take some medicine, I can't remember what it's called. It's not ritalin though, and I take it in like, a fucking baby's dosage.

Basically if I forget to take it one day I get really fucking tired during boring classes and I can't focus at all period in even the good ones.
It's almost like a hangover. I don't take it in the summer at all, and after the first week or so of not taking it it evens out.

I think in pictures (And as such, Dwarf Fortress is the most fun game ever in the history of time, because I can just sort of think of all the wacked up stuff that happens in a picture.)

I'm more or less extremely lazy, and although I will occasionally "forget" my homework, I normally do very well on tests and listen in class (When i'm on my meds, anyways)

I also hate note-taking.

[Inconspicularity]

Fuck.
I'm excluded from school and I'm not allowed back in unless I get medicated.
And I am NOT FUCKING GOING TO GET MEDICATED.

So I'll just move to Germany.

[DreamDaze]

Why?

[Milskidasith]

Fuck.
I'm excluded from school and I'm not allowed back in unless I get medicated.
And I am NOT FUCKING GOING TO GET MEDICATED.

So I'll just move to Germany.

At this point I'm seriously getting concerned for your mental well being, since you've apparently committed assault multiple times, been expelled multiple times, seem to hate all other people, and believe there is absolutely nothing wrong with any of that. I'm not a doctor, and I don't know that much about you besides what you post here, but I can safely say that you need help. I don't know if it's medication, or therapy, or counselling, or what, but "I'm going to do socially unacceptable things, then pack my shit up and leave when the consequences hit" is not a healthy way to act for you or the people around you.

[DJ-P0N3]

I saw someone mention ADHD so I thought I'd say I had it and what the heck is this...?

Personally I dislike medication, but also take it to help me handle an overactive bladder.
I just dislike ritalin and those, but my dislike and contempt for drugs comes from a variety of things.

[orngjce223]

Apparently my college has an Autism Speaks chapter.

I should like to fix this.

[kyriaki]

Oh, my college has an Autism Speaks club. I think something's going to need to be done about that, because Autism Speaks is Not Cool.

Apparently my college has an Autism Speaks chapter.

I should like to fix this.

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[Acey Enn]

Oh, my college has an Autism Speaks club. I think something's going to need to be done about that, because Autism Speaks is Not Cool.

Apparently my college has an Autism Speaks chapter.

I should like to fix this.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Speaks

I can definitely see where orngjce is coming from.

[kyriaki]

Oh, my college has an Autism Speaks club. I think something's going to need to be done about that, because Autism Speaks is Not Cool.

Apparently my college has an Autism Speaks chapter.

I should like to fix this.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Speaks

I can definitely see where orngjce is coming from.

i like the part where they stopped an autistic person from speaking.

yeah i can totally see why you would be opposed to Autism Speaks, mostly i'm just confused how orngjce discovered a chapter at her school and then discovered it again two weeks later. :|a