PlainSight
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@ the underlined - I do the same thing, makes the process a lot easier. Only thing that gets annoying is that people either think you're lying or that you've cured yourself
Would You Date A Person Who Has Aspergers?
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@ the underlined - I do the same thing, makes the process a lot easier. Only thing that gets annoying is that people either think you're lying or that you've cured yourself
Right!
I remember when I first read some of those sypmtoms. I got kinda scared. lol
Thanks for answering again.
It sounds like you just described an Aquarius
lolI think Beyonce has it too.
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Thanks for answering.
How old are you?
@ the underlined - I do the same thing, makes the process a lot easier. Only thing that gets annoying is that people either think you're lying or that you've cured yourself
Do people ever treat you like you're slow after you tell them?
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Date, sure, why not? However she'd have to be the type that was patient enough to explain to me things she liked and didn't like so I could know how best to operate around her. While I won't call myself an Introvert since I can move into crowds of people and put on a commendable social front until I get comfortable with a select group of people and be my naturally goofy sense, I wouldn't want to have a girl on my arm that wasn't comfortable with that sort and not know 'cause she held it in and got mad at me for it.
We'd have to have some really long talks before we actually became a couple 'cause if it's one thing I'm really fearful of is crossing invisible lines that people despise and then having to fight my way back into their good graces without warning.
We'd have to have some really long talks before we actually became a couple 'cause if it's one thing I'm really fearful of is crossing invisible lines that people despise and then having to fight my way back into their good graces without warning.
PlainSight
Anon
1. I'm 27.
2. Not really. I'm used to people actually expecting more of me because of the fact that I not only appear normal but excel in certain areas.
K.Dot
African American
I'm all over the Autism Spectrum and trying to get as much of it together before dating. I have no idea on how I'll get over not wantoing to give/recive attention(INTP) all the time shyt though. One of the things I like about my friends is that they don't expect anything from me. I could not hang with them for months and it wouldn't matter. Haven't been in a relationship since high school but I have the feeling that getting into a relationship now would be super fukking exhausting. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if she had hobbies and worked a lot. My friends GF tags along with him everywhere he goes. I be looking like" 
" shyt would drive me insane.
" shyt would drive me insane.
Because they have a mental disorder
Common sense should let you know who has autism, who is just weird, the person who wants attention and a normal person
A person who has true autism won't even look you in the eye, they focus on one thing until they perfect and beyond like that one black dude from London that can paint accurate pictures just using memory. They have delayed speech and stay in thier own space usually.
Weird people are just those dudes who are socially retarded like guys who go to magic gatherings and play DS when they are beyond 35. These are the guys that didn't have friends there age and mostly played with the younger kids. They claim to have mental issues but there issue stem from social rejection.
A person who has true autism won't even look you in the eye, they focus on one thing until they perfect and beyond like that one black dude from London that can paint accurate pictures just using memory. They have delayed speech and stay in thier own space usually.
Weird people are just those dudes who are socially retarded like guys who go to magic gatherings and play DS when they are beyond 35. These are the guys that didn't have friends there age and mostly played with the younger kids. They claim to have mental issues but there issue stem from social rejection.
It really isn't that easy to tell the difference. There are other things such as social anxiety that get confused with it quite frequently. Google it.
It really isn't that easy to tell the difference. There are other things such as social anxiety that get confused with it quite frequently. Google it.
My girl is currently working for her MSW we both deal with kids with autism once a week for three hours and she has made me I mean literally made me watch and read case study's on autistic kids. Now yes the spectrum is very wise but:
Autism at work:
Social retardation/delayment:
PlainSight
Anon
Sarcasm comes under the umbrella of subtext, which is difficult to detect for a lot of us - we take you at your word. I've lost count the amount of times people would tell me stuff as a rib and then laugh when I question whether it's true because it's so blatantly bullshyt that I look stupid for entertaining it
"Yo man, did you know so-and-so did xyz?
""..........REALLY?
""No
"It's more than just finding it difficult to read social cues, it can affect gross motor skills (i.e. dyspraxia). Your fine motor skills could be fukking amazing (Stephen Wilshire drawing an entire city landscape from memory to the minute detail) but still walk into the same lamppost twice because your spatial awareness and gross motor skills is fukked up. I had my own abilities where I was able to play any song on the piano if I heard it once. Nowadays it takes me a little longer but the skill is still there. My fine motor skills have always been above average to a certain degree but my gross motor skills suffer. I cannot dance and it took me a very long time to be able to play a sport competently.
You also could end up with extreme sensory development. I have acute hearing, absolute pitch, skin that is both hypotactile and hypertactile (which I'm told is rare), aversion to certain textures and synesthesia. Some people I've met with autism are extremely hyposensitive in comparison. Hence why some need constant stimulation. I have a need for noise, so I stim by humming, talking to myself and at times I turn my room into a cauldron of noise (TV, computer, music going all at the same time etc).
Emotional development is usually affected in some way. I've seen it said that people with Aspergers or Autism lack theory of mind and also lack empathy. I dispute this and I actually think that on some level, there are those with autism who have simply too much empathy without the ability to understand, process or articulate it.
If you're looking for signs, look for difficulty in making eye contact, any kind of stimming (drumming, constant humming, touching/hitting oneself, even softly), sensitivity to touch and an inability to understand subtext or read body language. They may also talk quite robotically but this isn't always a thing.
Sarcasm comes under the umbrella of subtext, which is difficult to detect for a lot of us - we take you at your word. I've lost count the amount of times people would tell me stuff as a rib and then laugh when I question whether it's true because it's so blatantly bullshyt that I look stupid for entertaining it
"Yo man, did you know so-and-so did xyz?
"..........REALLY?
"No
It's more than just finding it difficult to read social cues, it can affect gross motor skills (i.e. dyspraxia). Your fine motor skills could be fukking amazing (Stephen Wilshire drawing an entire city landscape from memory to the minute detail) but still walk into the same lamppost twice because your spatial awareness and gross motor skills is fukked up. I had my own abilities where I was able to play any song on the piano if I heard it once. Nowadays it takes me a little longer but the skill is still there. My fine motor skills have always been above average to a certain degree but my gross motor skills suffer. I cannot dance and it took me a very long time to be able to play a sport competently.
You also could end up with extreme sensory development. I have acute hearing, absolute pitch, skin that is both hypotactile and hypertactile (which I'm told is rare), aversion to certain textures and synesthesia. Some people I've met with autism are extremely hyposensitive in comparison. Hence why some need constant stimulation. I have a need for noise, so I stim by humming, talking to myself and at times I turn my room into a cauldron of noise (TV, computer, music going all at the same time etc).
Emotional development is usually affected in some way. I've seen it said that people with Aspergers or Autism lack theory of mind and also lack empathy. I dispute this and I actually think that on some level, there are those with autism who have simply too much empathy without the ability to understand, process or articulate it.
If you're looking for signs, look for difficulty in making eye contact, any kind of stimming (drumming, constant humming, touching/hitting oneself, even softly), sensitivity to touch and an inability to understand subtext or read body language. They may also talk quite robotically but this isn't always a thing.
Thanks. I think I get confused sometimes because people who are really shy and have anxiety and socially awkward people seem to have a lot of the same signs so I always wondered how they can differentiate between a really shy socially awkward person and someone on the spectrum who has those same traits