idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
And I know 3 people with Asbergers (well, 4 now I guess) :P. In one of whom you can barely see any signs of it, even if you know he has it. You'd fall into this category, I suppose--I can't say I really see any signs of Asbergers in you, so it must be a minor case.
Get me in a social situation where I don't understand what is going on and my mind goes into full on PANIC! mode. If it's a situation that touches on my fears/phobias I'm almost unable to function. In so far that I'll be physically sick from the nerves/fears.
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Really goes to show partly why designing autistic-friendly regulations/policies/whatever is so hard. It's really a case-by-case sort of thing. Luckily, mild-Asbergers isn't going to be any kind of significant disadvantage for you. Other than people asking you if you're like Rain Man, that is.
Well that and I feel comfortable here.
idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
Also, the toughest part of french is that spoken french seems to follow no rules. >:( You have all these letters here--PRONOUNCE THEM DAMMIT.
And as far as French goes, EVERYTHING is an exception to the rule. EVERYTHING!
Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
I was under the impression that there was medication for Asperger's? An ex of mine who lives in the UK has Asperger's and he told me they put him on specific medication for it, that was different than the antidepressants he'd been on before. He might just be a special case though. I don't know how bad his case is, but I know that his quality of life has improved quite a bit since he was diagnosed.
You can't really prescribe medication against difficulty in dealing with social situations, especially since I and pretty much all other Aspergers/Autistics with me simply do not understand those social situations. Many social situations simply do not make sense to me, they're not what I consider to be logical.
lolgaxe wrote:
No offense intended, meng. But the description of the condition is so vague that anyone can have it. I mean, I have trouble sometimes counting but I don't think its dyscalculia, you know? I'm manipulative, cunning, self-serving, have a grandiose sense of self, a severe lack of remorse for like 90% of my actions, and pretty poor impulse control but I don't believe myself to be a sociopath.
Like I said, it's not that I don't believe in the condition, just that the symptoms are so generically described that essentially everyone has it.
Like I said, it's not that I don't believe in the condition, just that the symptoms are so generically described that essentially everyone has it.
But you're right, everyone is autistic to some degree, it's a grayscale and not at all black and white. Autism isn't so much a disorder as much as it is a different way that your brain works. Sadly for me, our society is made for people on one end of the scale which leaves me and everyone else from the middle of the scale or further to the side of autism with a serious disadvantage.
*: I'm being really open and honest here, moreso than I would normally do even through the anonymity of the internet, thank me being tipsy or something. Not that it is at all easy to type right now though, I just didn't delete it (yay being tipsy?). And if you abuse this information I will hunt you down and murder you in your sleep with a rusty axe, not kidding either.
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