Archive for the ‘AS Information & Support’ Category
Do People with Asperger’s Notice More?
by Nomi
I’m wondering if Aspies’ resistance to change is related to the fact that we might notice or experience more details in life. Situations that neurotypical people might feel are unchanging or monotonous might feel full of change for Aspies, since we are noticing more of the details of what’s going on. … I’m thinking maybe we’re okay with change, but we simply get all the change we need in our day-to-day experiences — even seemingly repetitive experiences.
November 23, 2010
Posted in: AS Information & Support, Life, Uncategorized
Tags: AS, Asperger's, attention to details, Awareness, change, details, difference, experience, identity, irritation, life, notice, overstimulation, perception
4 Comments
Emotional Hypersensitivity, Anyone?
by Nomi
What about you? Do you get sad or angry more easily than other people you know? What kinds of things in the world upset you the most? Do you avoid these things? What about things that make you happy?
November 9, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS Information & Support, Life
Tags: AS, AS Community & Culture, Asperger's, depression, emotion, emotional, happiness, happy, hypersensitivity, life, sad, sadness, sensitivity
14 Comments
Autism and Digital Life: Managing Identity
by DJ Gallagher
(Or Why I Don’t Mention AS On Dating Websites) I’m aiming to make this entry the first in a series on using the Internet as an aspie. As someone who lives and works largely on the Net–my job is to create products that help businesses define and market themselves online–I’ve thought a lot about the [...]
September 16, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS Information & Support
Tags: dating, identity, search, social media, social networks, web
2 Comments
Do Women With AS Have a “Male Disorder”?
by Nomi
Where are all the girls, the women, with Asperger’s? Are there truly fewer of us than there are boys and men? And what does it mean to be a female living one’s entire life with a “male disorder”? What is the nature of autism in a female body and brain?
September 7, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS Information & Support, Life
Tags: AS, AS Community & Culture, Asperger's, autism, disorder, female, gender, girls, identity, male, Simon Baron-Cohen, women
3 Comments
