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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
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Asperger Syndrome in a Sound Byte

by Nomi

What is Asperger syndrome? Can you define it in 10 words or fewer? Can you explain it 3 seconds?

November 2, 2010       Posted in: Life, Uncategorized
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Asperger Syndrome and the Quest for Truth

by Nomi

It is no coincidence that so many Aspies are scientists — and atheists. Scientists do not look for what is good or right; atheists do not look for what is unifying or comforting. They look for what is true. For what is. Regardless of what anyone else says — or threatens. Did Copernicus have Asperger’s? Did Galileo? I wonder.

August 13, 2010       Posted in: Life, Uncategorized
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Fight or Flight

by Lindsay

I heard something somewhere (let me know if you know where this comes from) that people on the spectrum are constantly in a state of ‘fight or flight.’  We get so overloaded with sensory or emotional information that subconscious says either “Get out of here!” or “You wanna fight? Let’s go, I can take you.”  [...]

August 12, 2009       Posted in: Uncategorized
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