Poll: Asperger Syndrome [please vote, even if you don't know what it is]
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Someone earlier in this thread claimed to have said that the mediums of literature and cinema relate to Autism more often than the Asperger's.
It turns out, that a very popular movie, at the time of it's release, "Napoleon Dynamite" tells the story of three main characters that show, according to what i've read, the characteristics of people diagnosed with Severe and Mild Asperger's Syndrome. (Depending on the character, forgot which ones.)
Never would've known that.
It turns out, that a very popular movie, at the time of it's release, "Napoleon Dynamite" tells the story of three main characters that show, according to what i've read, the characteristics of people diagnosed with Severe and Mild Asperger's Syndrome. (Depending on the character, forgot which ones.)
Never would've known that.
Professionally diagnosed at 2. Not sure if any of the help they tried to give me did much, I seem perfectly normal. Miles ahead of the kids that still played TCGs in high school. >.>
Though, I mostly just tried to be like my older brother, so I'd say that contributed the most to me being normal. I don't need any huge amount of structure (though, I am lazy when not in school, and sometimes easily distracted...) and have plenty of friends/have had relationships.
And I think it's making college a **** ton easier!
Though, I mostly just tried to be like my older brother, so I'd say that contributed the most to me being normal. I don't need any huge amount of structure (though, I am lazy when not in school, and sometimes easily distracted...) and have plenty of friends/have had relationships.
And I think it's making college a **** ton easier!
13.7 percent of people who've voted have AS? This can either prove that people with AS are largely nerds, or that the people of these boards are total pricks. Either way, I have a mild form Aspergers myself. There are, like, 8 points of identification that defines AS and I have 6 of them.
Or that having AS and knowing you have it makes you more likely to click a thread link with "Asperger's Syndrome" in it. :<Kajin said:
It's because wikipedia always states what the DSM-IV is for a 'mental condition'. But it's a terribly flawed system, and so many people are analyzing themselves now, thinking wikipedia is a valid source for doing such thing. Heck, I meet the 'requirements' for Asperger's, but I'm damn sure I don't have it.pvtchunders said:
I'm unsure if people are being hypochondriacs and thinking they have it or if the polls accurate because people with Aspergers would likely be drawn to a form of social interaction like the internet anyway, so you can't be sure if its overrepresented.
Could be just people who go "hey I'm antisocial and a bit of a nerd, but its not my fault its because of this condition", its like this guy I knew who talked to himself and thought he had schizophrenia, though once I told him what its actually like to have voices that actively argue back, I changed his mind.
Could be just people who go "hey I'm antisocial and a bit of a nerd, but its not my fault its because of this condition", its like this guy I knew who talked to himself and thought he had schizophrenia, though once I told him what its actually like to have voices that actively argue back, I changed his mind.
In order to experience what autism is like according to one of my teachers, I opened up 3 different zero punctuation videos and then tried to pay attention to only one. Now after reading a Wikipedia article about Asperger's syndrome, I opened up a bunch of youtube videos and then read "1982" while they were all playing at the same time to experience how I interpreted Asperger's syndrome must be like as described by the assholes at
Just because you display the symptoms of Aspergers that doesn't mean you have it. Many people just use medical disorders as a way to explain their obnoxious behavior, claiming that they can't help it.
I have many of the traits of Aspergers but I know I don't have it. My poor social behavior is due to my own flaws. I don't blame it on some medical disorder.
I have many of the traits of Aspergers but I know I don't have it. My poor social behavior is due to my own flaws. I don't blame it on some medical disorder.
Just saw the movie Mary and Max, let's just say the bit about meeting your doppleganger and feeling an uncanny disturbance was what the German Philosophers had right, among other things. That has Phillip Seymour Hoffmann playing an Asperger's middle aged man.Scythos said:
I have a very slight case of it myself and thankfully over the years have learned how to overcome it and now lead a, for the most part, normal life. I have a girlfriend who loves me deeply, many good friends, and a decent social life. It just took some time and practice and a lot of determination to get to here. Also some medication.
I don't have it, but I know some people who do.
They've been through hell because they have it.
They've been through hell because they have it.