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Comment on Asperger Syndrome and the Quest for Truth by Sojourner

Sojourner — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:36:03 +0000

I so agree. And in continuously reaching for that truth, we are attempting to connect on a deeper level, for something more than false and superficial.

I know how I feel when I lie, and I feel fairly amazed at people who are able to tell lots of them, white lies or not, without compunction.

I wouldn’t mind fitting in, but not at any price. If those are the terms, I’ll stay outside, thank you very much.

Comment on Asperger’s High by Linda7

Linda7 — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:20:30 +0000

Thank you for helping me laugh about this! Just found out my husband has AS. After a year of marriege and not understaning why he was so insensitive and almost divorced found ourselves at a counselors that specializes in AS and said my husband is the most obvious AS he has seen. Wish i would have known before we married..I could have found things like this to help me laugh instead of all the time I spent crying! Looks like a long interesting journey ahead for us!

Comment on Asperger’s High by Annie6

Annie6 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:51:33 +0000

Loved it. Showed an exaggerated view of some of the quandaries we find ourselves in. Also made fun of some interventions, and that tang true as well. While we may not be that extreme, I have seen things like that in real life. For example, my son will y’all on about what he is interested in regardless of my level of interest and regardless of what I am trying to talk about. However, out among others, he has learned to feign interest in the mundane topics they bring up and stay quiet about his exotic and extremely scientific interests. He has learned to “use a lot of words to say very little” to blend in. Fortunately, he is now in college with other brilliant minds and can now be himself openly.

Comment on Asperger’s High by Emma

Emma — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:32:16 +0000

I loved the comment the girl made about the eye color as they were about to kiss- sounded like somethig I would say

Comment on Emotional Hypersensitivity, Anyone? by Emma

Emma — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:29:21 +0000

I find that I do not react to movies that upset other people – unless a baby/child or dog is being harmed or died. I have a very strong reaction to music – have to be careful what I listen to. I don’t watch the news because I think it is negative.

I don’t think that what we are sensitive to emotionally is related to aspergers. I think it is just something that is different for everyone. Although we are similar in our aspergers we are different in our emotional triggers.

Comment on Asperger’s High by Ike

Ike — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:49:19 +0000

It hurts to see myself so clearly but has got to be a good thing to put this out and it helps me see how I look to others… a great teaching tool. Thanks for doing this!!!

Comment on Do Women With AS Have a “Male Disorder”? by Christine

Christine — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:22:00 +0000

I am a woman with Aspergers. I do find that I relate to guys more than girls because all the girls just have so many friends. I have guy friends and girl partners. Dating a chic helps me relieve that stigmata in my head about it being a male disorder because in our relationship, not one of us is ever the fem or butch or anything else like that. One is occasionally assertive however. Just get men out of your mind hun, from what I understand of men and women, is that women don’t understand men and men don’t understand women, and we kinda don’t understand people in general so in a sense, I don’t think anyone thinks of you or any other woman with aspergers any differently. I think that men are less empathetic to girl issues than girls are and women with aspergers are just overall less empathtic, so I guess there are some similarities to being a guy. But then we have all the parts which makes it obvious. Do you ever feel like when you talk to a guy, that they relate instantaneously to you better than girls and other guys? Or better yet, every time you get to know a guy, magically they have feelings for you later down the road that they never tell you about? It’s happens to me a lot. Anyways, back on track. I feel invisible too sometimes because their is so much more pressure on girls to be social than there is boys. Like no matter how hard I try, there no way I could ever be that social. My girlfriend takes me to gay bars, and i just play pool and it upsets her. I hope I make sense. Good luck to ya!

Comment on Asperger’s High by HaJ

HaJ — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:01:33 +0000

Aspergers is not a condition to be celebrated and it is not part of a God-given unique personality. It is a hindrance to the “heart of life.” Children with Aspergers should be helped out of it since it is a result of non-compliance that has come down through a family line. A child who has Asperger’s should not be faulted for it; however, he or she needs to grow out of it so that he or she will not be in bondage to this condition. Management of the condition, for most, does little to improve on the quality of such a person’s life. There may be some exceptions, but most regress even with intervention.
In my opinion, Adult Asperger’s and narcissism go hand in hand. With Asperger’s, comes a “me-centered world” and humility is not usually a characteristic of such an individual. Asperger’s is a result of extreme rebellion/non-compliance that has come down through a family and has manifested itself as a disability. When someone “fights life” and the simple expectations of other human beings, it is extreme rebellion that has manifested itself as a disability. You can actually become disabled from a character flaw. Rebellion comes out of narcissism, and becomes so ingrained in the person that he or she actually becomes disabled in his or her interactions by choice (talking about an adult or teen who is aware of his or her behaviors).
People with Aspergers can choose to come out and participate in life like the majority of the population. Aspergers should not be celebrated because their is nothing celebratory about it. To characterize a person based on Aspergers is really a put down. IT is also a lie to say that a person with Aspergers doesn’t have as good of a personality as a person without Aspergers. That is wrong. Each person has a unique personality, and can develop his or her personality if he or she puts the work into it. I don’t believe that anyone is inately good; however, that does not mean that people shouldn’t try to improve on their faults.

Many people with Aspergers actually are high-attention seekers even though they are often mistaken as people who do not need people. They need people to be an Asperger. If someone has a disability that makes them unable to really empathize with others and have some real humility, than there is something else going on here.

Comment on Autism and Digital Life: Managing Identity by Dee Shawnte

Dee Shawnte — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:52:46 +0000

Interesting post. This looks to be kind of old but I happened upon it by chance I guess. I agree that it is easy to pretend to be someone else online. I’d like for people to know who they are meeting when they interact with me online, but I reckon that’s kind of hard to do since I don’t always provide my real name on social network websites, blogs etc. that I’m with. Your post kinda made me think about more about why I don’t though…

Comment on Asperger’s High by shawn

shawn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:01:19 +0000

wasnt at their wedding nor would i hang out with him ever again or my staulker dad which arab payed for thousnds of arabs to come to the city their school is right next to the pub and they learn arabic and bot tons of money and the irish hide their money in their ass like a cat chasing their tale i dont know if they can even find it