The ASD/Asperger Thread.

[RedmanWasHere]

Let this thread be your outlet and talk about your experiences either dealing with someone on the spectrum or yourself being on the spectrum.

Did/do any of you on the spectrum have any mannerisms that may've seemed odd from a neuro-typical POV but not your family or yourself?
E.g. flapping your arms to tell the world of your excitement which is what I've done and, to a lesser extent, still do.

Do any of you have special interests that you virtually revolve your whole live around?

One last thing, do any of you stutter and, if so, how bad can it get?

Let's have a talk.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Let this thread be your outlet and talk about your experiences either dealing with someone on the spectrum or yourself being on the spectrum.

Did/do any of you on the spectrum have any mannerisms that may've seemed odd from a neuro-typical POV but not your family or yourself?
E.g. flapping your arms to tell the world of your excitement which is what I've done and, to a lesser extent, still do.

Do any of you have special interests that you virtually revolve your whole live around?

One last thing, do any of you stutter and, if so, how bad can it get?

Let's have a talk.

Sincere question and honestly dont mean to be rude, but do you feel empathy?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Sincere question and honestly dont mean to be rude, but do you feel empathy?

I struggle with empathy sometimes.

I've never been a good reader of emotions which I'm not sure is a good thing or not.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I struggle with empathy sometimes.

I've never been a good reader of emotions which I'm not sure is a good thing or not.

its not

 

[little graham]

Developed symptoms of Aspergers from a wrongly prescribed medication. Comes with a heap of other neurological shit. I stutter and slur words. Depends on energy,mood and weather. I have a tick and sometimes I even type the way i sometimes jumble words. I can jump up and down when finding something funny.

I click with those labelled autistic.

 

[JoseMourinho]

I click with those labelled autistic.

Same but I do have aspergers which is now autism. Which is very frustrating.

 

[Meow]

Was formally diagnosed with Asperger's 15 years ago after doing extensive research and delving into my past. A cousin recommended I check myself out after raising two children with the condition, and as subtle, uncontrollable differences between myself and others had become apparent over the years, I figured there had to be an explanation. Six others on my maternal side of the family have also been diagnosed with ASDs, so a genetic link seems likely.

I was a difficult child (lol), but the eccentricities mellow into adulthood and you pick up verbal/social cues from others. Lucky enough to be married with four kids of my own, to have travelled a bit and to generally be comfortable with where my life is now. Have suffered depression and anxiety in the past though, which probably stems from feeling like the odd one out occasionally. Life is ultimately what you make of it, which can be heavily influenced by things in the present.

Never flapped arms or threw tantrums except for my early childhood, tics also aren't a thing associated with Asperger's. Don't stutter in general conversation but have a tendency to ramble on. Hobbies/interests aren't that intensely focused. Find eye contact intimidating and subconsciously avoid it, but have no issues with the give-and-take of conversations. Have always had a very strong ability to rote-learn facts without necessarily understanding the broader picture of things. So some traits of mine are strongly Asperger's in nature whilst others aren't, hence the term "spectrum" to describe a wide range of people with Autism.

I also reject the notion that those with Asperger's aren't attuned to the world in a social and cultural sense. We're perfectly aware of what's going on around us, but just struggle to understand why and to modify our thought processes accordingly. Living with it could perhaps be likened to watching a movie - we aren't oblivious to the world, but "jumping in" rather than merely spectating is difficult for a number of reasons.

 

[BORK]

I thought 4chan was the best place online for people experiencing these issues.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Same but I do have aspergers which is now autism. Which is very frustrating.

The fact that you have Aspergers is frustrating, or the fact that it is now considered to be part of the autism spectrum?

 

[JoseMourinho]

The fact that you have Aspergers is frustrating, or the fact that it is now considered to be part of the autism spectrum?

The fact that it is considered Autism

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

The fact that it is considered Autism

Why is that?

 

[JoseMourinho]

Why is that?

Well, when you put down autism. Everyone immediately thinks the worst. If you put aspergers, people would think better of it

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Using the analogy of companies, Autism should be the corporation and Asperger's as a subsidiary and not an umbrella branding.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Well, when you put down autism. Everyone immediately thinks the worst. If you put aspergers, people would think better of it

I've never understood the negative vs positive connotations between both words.

 

[Shell]

Have worked with several kids with Aspergers being in my line of work. Some higher functioning, others a bit lower (one particular student tho has made great progress over a 3 year span). They can be a bit frustrating at times to work with, and so "set in their ways" but in general they can be quite sweet kids.

 

[ioppolo]

One of the guys at my work has some sort of autism, although his is more a more serious case compared to the others in this thread I'd say. Seems to go into trances from time to time and his mind is clearly somewhere else. Also takes about 5 shits a day in his 5 hour shift, all at about 20/30 minutes each. The other day he went to the toilet 4 minutes after coming onto the floor to start work.

 

[kfc1]

5 x 20-30min shits in 5 hrs?
even my irritable bowels don't get me out of that much work, geez

 

[ioppolo]

5 x 20-30min shits in 5 hrs?
even my irritable bowels don't get me out of that much work, geez

We reckon sometimes he just goes in there to watch Youtube on his phone and whatever, it angers us how little work he does, but cause he's a special needs person we can't really do anything.

 

[kfc1]

We reckon sometimes he just goes in there to watch Youtube on his phone and whatever, it angers us how little work he does, but cause he's a special needs person we can't really do anything.

It would probably end up something like this