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Post by OJ on May 10, 2006 20:42:56 GMT
As far as I know, I think I have or had it, but I seem to be having a normal life so far But I have been to places for things such as speech theropy By the way Aspergers is with you for life. There is no way of getting rid of it. When Joey and BenPennock were on the old SIF, they explained it really well. I wish I can explain it as well as they did. Besides I used to have teachers talk non stop how Aspergers/Autism was a negative thing. I can't remember them saying anything positive about it. As I've said before I was patronised at secondry school and I now have a normal life which I coulnd't get at school. I don't think about Aspergers now and it has helped no one is in my face mentioning it every 5 minutes (that's what happended to me at school) and people giving me grief about it(again that's what happended at school) Also it's pointless dwelling on something negative about me. As quoted by Popeye, "I am who I am".
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Post by Skarloey on May 11, 2006 17:23:43 GMT
That's odd - tell people at my school that I have Aspergers and the wouldn't have a clue what I was on about. They'd probably think it was either made up or a Mathematical equation.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on May 11, 2006 19:37:21 GMT
Oh god, I can't even BEGIN to explain the torture I went through with being Asperger's...
I've been told that an 'early' diagnosis is the best way to go. Early is defined as like age 3 or 4! Well, I got a 'late' diagnosis - age 11!
When I was little, everyone who met me always said there was something amiss in the way I acted/talked/moved. I was labeled ADHD at age 4 for my hyperactiveness, and put on Ritalin.
For most of my life, I've displayed a lot of ASD behaviours, like 'hand-flapping', and 'toe-walking' - not harmful behaviours, but stuff that makes you stand out. Later on, I was labeled 'hyperlexic' - one of the cool things about being Asperger's, a person can understand and comprehend words and phrases far beyond their age ^_^
With my late diagnosis, there was no treatment for me. Being the social outcast, I was often angry and prone to be violent. Nobody at school understood WHY I couldn't write (later labeled as 'dysgraphia', trouble or inability to write), or why lunch/recess would cause me to have a meltdown.
It wasn't until I was 12, that I began to have full treatment. By then, though...all the torture I had suffered had been locked into my head - to this day I still fear going outside and I'm distrustful of everyone. It's hard to explain, really...
But I got all the info I needed (my mom and dad wouldn't tell me anything until I forced it out of them at age 16) out of this book - 'The OASIS Guide to Asperger's Syndrome' - this book is the authority on anything Asperger's, as well as other ASD's. Those of you who would like to learn more should look for this in the nearest Borders/Barnes & Noble.
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~Elizabeth
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Post by jake on May 12, 2006 2:11:33 GMT
'The OASIS Guide to Asperger's Syndrome' Funnily enough, when I told my Mum I thought had it, she IMMEDIATELY went to Barnes & Noble.com[/url] to look for it. She has a copy in her room. Reads it every night!
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Post by Ci on May 12, 2006 6:59:28 GMT
i feel like aspergers is more like a scapegoat to many, kind of like how when parents find that their child isn't learning well enough, they diagnose it as simply A.D.D.
I mean, sure some kids have an infatuation with trains, and attempt to speak grandiloquently when they're younger, but social problems shouldn't be blamed on such a syndrome...
"Well, since I have no friends then it MUST be aspergers..."
Hell, I've contemplated if I had it, but doubt it...but if I ever had a lack of relationships with people, I don't rightly think I would blame it on aspergers.
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but it's my opinion only and the Looking Glass Theory certainly does not apply here.
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Post by Captain Punjab on May 12, 2006 11:30:05 GMT
I'm incline to agree with Ciremi, to an extent. I also wondered for a while if I might have a very mild case, as I display a couple of the symptoms, but I really doubt I have it, as I haven't experienced any of its negative effects. Besides, I generally tend to suck at math, so that throws it all out the window.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on May 12, 2006 12:38:31 GMT
I've wondered about it myself, but I'm pretty sure I don't have it. The thing about psychological problems is that if you think about it, you can diagnose yourself with almost anything.
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Post by stepneydude on May 12, 2006 15:19:38 GMT
I've wondered about it myself, but I'm pretty sure I don't have it. The thing about psychological problems is that if you think about it, you can diagnose yourself with almost anything. It's like lice. If you think about a small, black creature crawling about your head and stopping to tear through your skin and suck out your blood for long enough (and graphically enough ) then you will feel oddly itchy. It's all psychological. Put simply: If you think you have it, ask someone who can tell you for sure. Don't diagnose yourself, because, according to these online symptoms, nearly everybody I know has got Asperger's.
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Post by mstnoodle on May 13, 2006 11:06:31 GMT
I have Aspergers as well. But my parents never told me I had it, till I was like 12.
Mstnoodle
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Post by Jarrah White on May 13, 2006 11:08:04 GMT
I have it too.
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Post by Ci on May 21, 2006 5:20:52 GMT
as I said earlier, I think that a lot of members claiming to have aspergers are merely suffering from hypochondria.
It is really easy to read the symptoms of a disease and then claim to have it. For example, many who read about lice often feel the urge to scratch their scalps, and upon doing so immediately feel that they have head lice. I believe that there are a few people who read "social issues" and "narrow interests such as trains" and immediately feel that they have aspergers--almost like 'yeah, that's why i like Thomas and haven't got many friends.'
There is also the concept of "high intelligence" and some of us might feel that way, but how many of us really talk (on the forum) in such a manner that they appear to have an abnormally large sense of vocabulary, or intelligence for that matter?
If you're going to point to me personally (not to be vain, but member reactions to rhetoric, semantics, and word-choice in both the Nitpick videos as well as Mr. Signore's redub have left me blushing) then I will only say that I am used to reading...a lot. Coupled with SAT practicing as well as looking up every word that I come across that I do not know during reading I highly doubt that I have a vast amount of intelligence that exceeds the normal brain...hell, how long does it take to boil a two-minute egg, anyway?
As I said earlier, though, perhaps I am just barking up the wrong tree, here...
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Post by Jarrah White on May 21, 2006 5:35:37 GMT
as I said earlier, I think that a lot of members claiming to have aspergers are merely suffering from hypochondria. Well I can assure you that my aspergers is bona fide.
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Post by Chris The Xelent on May 21, 2006 9:45:10 GMT
Same here. I've allways had it and chances are that I allways will.
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Post by Aidan on May 22, 2006 20:33:41 GMT
Mine is a real case of Asperger's Syndrome. As I said, my dad's a psychiatrist and he told me I did have a minor case.
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Post by thommob1987 on Jun 25, 2006 15:05:46 GMT
I'm mildy autistic with Asperger's and it hasn't affected me that often apart from being bullied heavily in my secondary school years. I had a mate at college who had the same condition of autism except he had a sort-of sense of humour failure and wouldn't understand a joke feeling it was offensive. I forget when I first found I was autistic but it must be when about 8 years old as my dad would let the national autistic supporters have a picnic at his old farm before he moved.
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Post by jake on Jul 13, 2006 3:13:03 GMT
It's been confirmed I have it. I knew I did. My love for trains and computers shows it, and I act in many ways like I have it.
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Post by OJ on Jul 22, 2006 16:52:02 GMT
Steven Speilberg has Aspergers. Wonder if he got grief over it? He has done very well for himself.
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Post by philthevaliant on Jul 22, 2006 23:41:11 GMT
Well, I too have Asperger's Syndrome. I'm hoping that, through my crossover series on Deviantart, a lot of people will understand about what's it like to have it!
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Post by charlieg10 on Aug 3, 2006 4:43:36 GMT
I have a learning disabilite and (This is a big secret) I have an aid to help keep me on track. It is hard for me to pay attention, but it has gotten better, I mean I have an A in math! What does that tell ya.
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Post by Aidan on Aug 3, 2006 5:42:32 GMT
Wow, you have an aide, too? Mine helps me stay on task as well, plus he and I joke around sometimes.
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