Does anybody else here have Aspergers syndrome???

[aspiechick2008]

Hi

I am 17 years old with aspergers syndrome,
i was wondering if their was anybody else on here
with aspergers syndrome

[Hyper]

I know there are some active members who do.. But I honestly can't name them atm :P

[Jean Poutine]

I have Asperger's Syndrome. (I, myself, prefer the term "Assburger's", because I like auto-derision).

It's a pretty pants condition and I don't enjoy it in the slightest, but it does make an interesting convo subject. I wonder every day how it is to think/react "normally", but knowing my luck I'd probably hate being normal so I suppose it's best to stick with what I know.

I'm considering telling my classes about my...different brain wiring, so they don't automatically write me off as cold or distant. I'm pretty open about it so it's not a question of whether or not I'm scared to go forward, it's more like a question of if I do want the attention and/or the shit that'll bring to me or not. I want friends, but I don't want them to hang with me out of pity..."OH LOOK POOR HANDICAPPED GUY".

Such a dilemma.

Anyway, my Assburger's consists in all the crap about non-verbal language difficulties, and I have pretty huge organisational problems as well (I gotta carry a Palm), and obsessive interests. I have no problem with spoken language, other than a verbose delivery and a monotone voice. I have a sense of humour, slight, but it's there. I cannot look into the eyes of anyone. I have a degree of alexithymia, etc, etc, bla bla bla.

[Destiny&Desire]

I don't have Asperger's myself, but my brother does, so I understand some of the concepts of it =]
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[Destiny&Desire]

but I don't want them to hang with me out of pity..."OH LOOK POOR HANDICAPPED GUY".

I've found that with things like Aspergers and other learning disabilities, people don't notice their differences as much as they would to say...someone with a physical disability (sorry if that's spelt wrong).

I think it's the fact that with things like Aspergers, you might not know that someone has it just by looking at them, because I know that most people with learning disabilities/mental issues (I don't like to use words like 'illness' or 'disorder' when I refer to people with things like Aspergers, etc.).

It's just the fact that everyone expects people with disabilities to have some sort of physical problem. But not all of them do.

I guess it's just the world's stereotypes?

[Jean Poutine]

Maybe I should just trust humankind a little more and jump the boat and hope nobody pities me RIGHT.

Maybe I'll take the plunge tomorrow. *shrug*

BTW I have a physical problem. I have a particular gait (I refer to it as "Assburger's Nine Dragons Secret Walking Style") and a lack of depth perception that's finally not because of my eyes, but because of the way we percieve the world, ie flat. So Aspeger's robs me not only of friends but also of any driving skills darnit. Oh well I'm stuck with it so might as well laugh about it.

Asperger's : viewing everything flat in every domain.

[Raptor22]

Maybe I should just trust humankind a little more and jump the boat and hope nobody pities me RIGHT.

Maybe I'll take the plunge tomorrow. *shrug*

BTW I have a physical problem. I have a particular gait (I refer to it as "Assburger's Nine Dragons Secret Walking Style") and a lack of depth perception that's finally not because of my eyes, but because of the way we percieve the world, ie flat. So Aspeger's robs me not only of friends but also of any driving skills darnit. Oh well I'm stuck with it so might as well laugh about it.

Asperger's : viewing everything flat in every domain.

Thats really interesting how you can describe it so coherently and vividly that I can understand what it is like. I would have never guessed. :)

Its actually pretty cool, it makes you, you.

[lengthy_brochure]

me has it

i speak wierd, have a funny walk, run into things, dont think before I act, and am not that organized.

[lesher]

According to several psychology book I've read, I'm quite sure I have this syndrome

[Kaius]

I've got a form of it, Semantic Pragmatic Disorder

[Botchy]

I have it and it dosent affct my day to day life much yes I'm not the best In starting convos but i'm not the worst. I'm geesing having this explanes why I'm so nervos when metting new people i hate it can't talk to them look them In the euy etc etc,once I know them i'm fine tho

[Icarus7]

I have Asperger's Syndrome. (I, myself, prefer the term "Assburger's", because I like auto-derision).

It's a pretty pants condition and I don't enjoy it in the slightest, but it does make an interesting convo subject. I wonder every day how it is to think/react "normally", but knowing my luck I'd probably hate being normal so I suppose it's best to stick with what I know...

...Anyway, my Assburger's consists in all the crap about non-verbal language difficulties, and I have pretty huge organisational problems as well (I gotta carry a Palm), and obsessive interests. I have no problem with spoken language, other than a verbose delivery and a monotone voice. I have a sense of humour, slight, but it's there. I cannot look into the eyes of anyone. I have a degree of alexithymia, etc, etc, bla bla bla.

I think i have some sort of Asperger but I'm not sure...Thanks for the description i will look for more info about it :)

[BeautifulDisaster]

A lot of people think I'm on the Autistic Spectrum, I do have many of the symptoms, but I have no official diagnosis of it.

I had a friend, we were quite close, who had Autism.
He didn't seem to have it at all.
He was very friendly, polite, he acted like a pretty cool teenager, like any other.
He was in a special needs school, however, so of course he wouldn't act as other teenagers do, he did have difficulties & it did show at times.
But still, I was quite shocked & surprised he told me he had Autism.

[Pube]

i have it

[kollkolen]

While I don't have Aspergers Syndrome, I do have:
Aneurysm(Brain)
Depression(caused by the hydrocephalus)
Epilepsy(caused by the operations for the aneurysm and hydrocephalus)
Hydrocephalus(caused my the aneurysm)
I have had these since birth so, you are not alone.

[BeautifulDisaster]

^^ How is that related to AS if I may ask?

[Sith Lord 13]

I do.
What's everyone's opinion on having it? The best part? The worst?

And the biggest question, if you could take some cure, would you?

I think this sums up my opinion on the matter.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6236/calledmeadisease.png

I love the X-men. I know they can represent any minority group, but I feel it is a pretty allegory for AS and neuro-atypicals in general.

[Bels_Revenge]

My brother has it, Its really sad because all he want to do is be like everyone else... sorry i couldnt help :)

[Sith Lord 13]

My brother has it, Its really sad because all he want to do is be like everyone else... sorry i couldnt help :)

How old is your brother? Perhaps you can help him by pointing out some of the more positive aspects of AS. Yes we're different than other people, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Many famous people, like Einstein, either were diagnosed with or most likely had AS.

Life can be tough at times, but there is usually something good you can focus on. All you have to do is find it.

[Jean Poutine]

How old is your brother? Perhaps you can help him by pointing out some of the more positive aspects of AS. Yes we're different than other people, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Many famous people, like Einstein, either were diagnosed with or most likely had AS.

Life can be tough at times, but there is usually something good you can focus on. All you have to do is find it.

we're not "different", we're "handicapped". a person with down syndrome isn't different, he's fucking crippled for life. he's mentally retarded as we are socially retarded.

you think it's a good thing to be unable to relate to anyone, to be unable to feel love for those you are supposed to care for, or maybe you feel it but you'd be damned if you know because your emotions are all unreadable and entangled? or maybe, of course, you think it's a good thing to barely function normally in a classroom, to not open your damned mouth for days at a time?

boy, i don't know what kind of pansy autism you've got, but unless you have the good luck of being an idiot savant, having this condition is a portion of hell i could have done without in my life.

btw there is absolutely no proof that einstein had asperger syndrome. you can claim all sorts of geniuses had autism if it makes you feel better about your condition, i suppose, but don't take it for granted.


I do.
What's everyone's opinion on having it? The best part? The worst?

And the biggest question, if you could take some cure, would you?

I think this sums up my opinion on the matter.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6236/calledmeadisease.png

I love the X-men. I know they can represent any minority group, but I feel it is a pretty allegory for AS and neuro-atypicals in general.

there is no best part. the worst part is being stuck among people you cannot understand and who cannot understand you. i know it sounds like typical emo teen shit but it's true for me.

it stinks to never be sure of what you feel, unable to describe the emotions inside you, never being able to relate with others, for good or for bad. i have no healthy relationships with people. because of my differences, they are always kept at arm's reach. perfect for certain jobs where getting too involved with people is not good, but shitty for everyday life.

i would take a cure in a heartbeat. those who say they wouldn't are so used to their mundanities and their weaknesses that they don't see the problem.

sites like wrong planet and movements like the "autism rights" thing do not speak for every autistic person.

as for allegories, i like the "alien crashed on earth" one.

[Sith Lord 13]

I see it one of two ways: I can go all "woe is me, other people will never understand me and I'll never understand them", which is true. Or I can say that the different way I see the world can offer me advantages. Are there days I would have taken a cure? In a heartbeat. You think I'm ok with the fact that there is a very good chance I'll never have a girlfriend? Hell no. But I'd still rather look at the glass as one quarter full. Not to mention, I've worked my ass off to improve my social skills. They still suck but I've learned that when I work my ass off I can find people who'll accept me. Admittedly, having 6 people you would ever have called friend in your life sucks. But you know what? I wouldn't trade my situation. I would never wish this on anyone, but you know what? That same condition is the reason I just get modern physics.

And you don't want speculated cases (mind those weren't mere speculation, but highly probable possibilities based on known AS researchers) fine. How about Satoshi Tajiri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Tajiri)? He's the man who invented Pokemon, one of the most successful children's entertainment lines of modern history.

I see it this way. I can wallow in misery and self pity, or I can take advantage of the benefits from AS and say a big F U to the rest of the situation.

[Jean Poutine]

as if i were wallowing in self pity. aside from this fucking bullshit i think i'm quite awesome. i needed a handicap else i would have been too awesome, so god or whoever or whatever it is that makes people gave me this shit.

i live by the day. i don't even like people much in the first place so i don't really care about having few friends. most are obnoxious little brats and intolerable dumbasses of the highest caliber. not being able to relate to the few you call dear is what sucks.

girlfriends are the least of your worries. i may not have one, but i have more time to do something actually worthwhile, like reading. besides i hear they nag a lot. if i want something nagging at me all day long i'll get a parrot.

my mom was like "hey you can always get an autistic chick, she'll understand you pretty well". i thought about it and i wouldn't want another me in the house. i'd kill her dead.

don't be so quick to attribute your qualities to AS. i may have been a literature whiz even without autism. you may have gotten physics well without it too. we won't know what we could have been without the condition.

you understand me better now?

[Squidward]

Hi

I am 17 years old with aspergers syndrome,
i was wondering if their was anybody else on here
with aspergers syndrome

I do. We are some times called dumb or special ED. WE ARE NOT ANY OF THOSE! We have a dissablility. Its toally ok. But the thing is with asburgers we have a gift of intelleigence than people with ADD or ADHD or other forms of Autism. I'm in IB so I'm not dumb or in Special ED

[Jean Poutine]

I do. We are some times called dumb or special ED. WE ARE NOT ANY OF THOSE! We have a dissablility. Its toally ok. But the thing is with asburgers we have a gift of intelleigence than people with ADD or ADHD or other forms of Autism. I'm in IB so I'm not dumb or in Special ED

lol ass burgers

asperger syndrome does not make a statistically significant contribution to intelligence. ergo, most people with asperger syndrome have regular intelligence.

so why does every person to ever claim asperger somehow has superior smarts? is this a way of trying to justify social inabilities? "hey i might be a real pain in the ass to socialise with but LOLOLOLOLOL I'M SMRTER"

maybe it's special snowflake syndrome.

It gives me a nice perspective on things that Neurotypicals don't have.

how do you know that your perception is different from "neurotypicals"? newsflash, you don't. unless you can relate to others, in which case, you should do something with that diagnosis, it's much probably faulty.

neurotypicals and neuroatypicals, lol. what fucking dumb terms. i know a lot of butthurt "aspies" that make out neurotypical as some sort of insult.

newsflash #2 : stigmatising people with dumb epithets leads to fissuration of society. that's not good.

do we really need to be even more separated from each other? this isn't guild wars.

[Magus]

This is what I've heard from the T.V.

People with this Disorders have bad Social skills and have a bad time to communicate(understanding one another). Also, they are not able to concentrate on more than two things at the same time i.e Multitasking.

But they have an exceptional Intelligence. Especially in the field of Mathematics, Science and Commerce. They are also outstanding in expressing in written form and have a strong lingual skills, but they are not so good in verbal communication.

Many of you already know this and not a big thing, but a something I wanted say.

[tommyboy]

This is what I've heard from the T.V.

People with this Disorders have bad Social skills and have a bad time to communicate(understanding one another). Also, they are not able to concentrate on more than two things at the same time i.e Multitasking.

But they have an exceptional Intelligence. Especially in the field of Mathematics, Science and Commerce. They are also outstanding in expressing in written form and have a strong lingual skills, but they are not so good in verbal communication.

Many of you already know this and not a big thing, but a something I wanted say.

Now if you what you are saying is true, then I guess I have this syndrome too. I am excellent, sometimes TOO excellent in my written communication form. All the time in all my school years, all my English teachers absolutely loved my writing assignments that I handed in. However, I suck at verbal face-to-face communication. And however again, I am very good at multitasking, so I do not know where multitasking comes in? But yeah, then I guess I have this syndrome.

[Sith Lord 13]

Now if you what you are saying is true, then I guess I have this syndrome too. I am excellent, sometimes TOO excellent in my written communication form. All the time in all my school years, all my English teachers absolutely loved my writing assignments that I handed in. However, I suck at verbal face-to-face communication. And however again, I am very good at multitasking, so I do not know where multitasking comes in? But yeah, then I guess I have this syndrome.

While a lot of what was said was accurate, it is far from a full picture. Also, each case presents itself differently. The only way you can have any real idea is to be checked out by a trained professional. You may also want to see the DSM-IV to see what the doctor is going to use to base his decision.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Don't self diagnose.

The only person who can diagnose you with this condition, is a professional trained in Aspergers.

Just because you have traits does not mean you have the condition.

[NsaneNside]

I have Autism the PDD variety (Pervasive Developmental Disorder). Diagnosed when I was young. I wish I was normal... friends think I am dumb ass, parents almost have split up because of me. I am a nuisance to every living thing around me even myself. On top of that my parents don't think I am going to go any where and have threatened to kick me out of their house multiple times, but I think my dad just pities me while my mom is just getting tired of this crap. I am new to this forum, so sorry if I did something wrong... posting this here. I don't have much experience in forums.

[Sith Lord 13]

PDD-NOS?

Can I ask exactly what that means in your case? I doubt things are as bad as you say, but I know the days when you feel that way. When you'd give everything you had to be just like everybody else. I'm of the opinion that there is never a bad without the good. Even if all the bad does is make you realize how good the good is.

Don't doubt yourself. Be bold. And welcome to VT.

[LeopardSox]

Aspergers is can be difficult for me. I don't always understand jokes and I have trouble with small talk. I also have trouble talking in groups and it makes me nervous when I see people gathered around talking because my mind is blank.

[skribbles23]

I have Non verbal learning disorder, which is close to aspergers. It's annoying with all the social issues. But it's also a good thing because it helps me know that I'm unique and completely different from everyone else. This probably didn't help in the slightest but it felt good saying it :)