Aspergers

Renovartio · 2010-03-25T12:50:45-01:00

I was looking it up, im told i got it and i looked for it before but now i actually took the time to look it over Not pick up on social cues and may lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking. Dislike any changes in routines. Appear to lack empathy. Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others’ speech. Thus, your child may not understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment literally. Likewise, his or her speech may be flat and difficult to understand because it lacks tone, pitch, and accent. Have a formal style of speaking that is advanced for his or her age. For example, the child may use the word "beckon" instead of "call" or the word "return" instead of "come back." Avoid eye contact or stare at others. Have unusual facial expressions or postures. Be preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he or she may be very knowledgeable about. Many children with Asperger's syndrome are overly interested in parts of a whole or in unusual activities, such as designing houses, drawing highly detailed scenes, or studying astronomy. They may show an unusual interest in certain topics such as snakes, names of stars, or dinosaurs.2 Talk a lot, usually about a favorite subject. One-sided conversations are common. Internal thoughts are often verbalized. Have delayed motor development. Your child may be late in learning to use a fork or spoon, ride a bike, or catch a ball. He or she may have an awkward walk. Handwriting is often poor. Have heightened sensitivity and become overstimulated by loud noises, lights, or strong tastes or textures. For more information about these symptoms, see sensory integration dysfunction. Have delayed motor development. Your child may be late in learning to use a fork or spoon, ride a bike, or catch a ball. Although the condition is in some ways similar to autism, a child with Asperger's syndrome typically has normal to advanced language and intellectual development. Also, those with Asperger's syndrome typically make more of an effort than those with autism to make friends and engage in activities with others. copy pasted off the site anyway yea, i got aspergers and now that i look at the symptoms.. im like "WHO THE FUCK HAS BE STALKING ME?!?!"

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THE ECONOMY

15 years ago

LD wrote...

It's kind of become a running joke on the internet that everybody nerdy says they have Asperger's.

It's also become a running joke in the professional community, except nobody laughs at it.

LD wrote...

No matter how it's classified, though, a medical professional needs to make the diagnosis.

Not just "a" medical professional. Asperger's is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and requires an entire host of diagnostic criteria (usually psychological/psychiatric, patholinguistic and neurological) to be checked against, hence the use of a diagnostic team in proper clinical settings.
This, however, is almost always foregone for cost reasons in the anglosphere, hence (and the other reasons I gave before) the massive overreportage.

LD wrote...

It's interesting to learn about but unfortunately there's kind of a hostile environment when it comes to discussing it on message boards. Part of it might stem from people on the spectrum who don't really realize when they've overstepped their bounds even in a text-based format like this.

Most of it stems from people who run around, waving their self-appropriated Asperger's flag, using it as a convenient measure to garner unwarranted attention, while the real afflicted are suffering from the cripplingly poor treatment.

Renovartio

15 years ago

I think i wrote it wrong...

what i meant was... i can speak well aloud, but speaking in front of people is difficult without reading it. Not that i cant read while talking, sorry for the confusion.

My friend told me how we went somewhere for a trip, i forgot if it was vacation or business but he told me how this one person did many rediculous things and said he had aspergers, My friend confronted him and asked him if he really had aspergers, he said no, which my friend replied, "well my friend has aspergers and he acts nothing like you" apparently to some people aspergers means your mentaly retarded or something.

this is like a year ago... after i found out i had aspergers

well anyway... i forgot what i was going to say...

ill edit this post when i remember....

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