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Cutelilteen · 05-14-2007, 02:15 PM

My second-cousin has it. I don't know much about it, but I believe it's a type of (or at least related to) autism. My cousin is often quiet and shy and usually prefers to be alone. She also doesn't talk a lot and will almost never make eye contact.

Zeitgheist · 10-18-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

You should certainly visit The Asperger Disorder Homepage. I've been in contact with many people with Asperger's online, as I am asexual and asexuality is rather common among people with Asperger's; therefore we have many in our community. So in general people in the asexual community are encouraged to learn about Asperger's.

oh my goodness, really? D:

I was diagnosed with asperger syndrome 5 years ago, and noone ever told me this. I have never been interested in love, relationships or boys and girls et.c... I've always thought I was crazy and imagined that I was maybe asexual D; but I guess it really makes sense now

antgirl1 · 10-19-2007, 05:17 PM

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They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history.

I might've read it wrong, but...So what if I like astronomy and history? D:

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D.There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years).

I didn't know that some people catching on to speaking faster than others was a bad thing...

Kootiebirdo · 10-23-2007, 05:03 PM

I have Asperger's as well even though I try to keep it to myself sometimes. I'm actually kinda glad and a bit surprised as well to see a topic here about this.

Zeitgheist · 10-24-2007, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Kootiebirdo

I have Asperger's as well even though I try to keep it to myself sometimes. I'm actually kinda glad and a bit surprised as well to see a topic here about this.

I used to keep it to myself as when I was 12 they locked me up in a mental institution because they didn't know what was wrong with me. When I was 17 I got the diagnosis and I was sort of depressed instead of relieved about it, but now that I'm 21 I'm actually quite proud of being mentally unstable XD

I was sort of warned by my psychiatrists and stuff to never searh about Asperger online or mention that I have it, because appearantly it gives a lot of misinformation and gets ridiculed a lot? I had honestly never heard the term before I was diagnsoed, but I did as they said and still to this day I have never attended a site about asperger... About telling others? Well, I could care less what others think of me

Vampyre · 10-25-2007, 10:58 AM

There's a kid in my year at school, named Guy, who has it. I don't like him too much, not because of his condition, he's just a horrible person. He kicks you, and he once called my friend an anorexic cow because she wasn't hungry at lunch time one day. I mean, I know that he has Asperger's and all, but what makes it worse, is when you tell him off, he blames it all on his condition, and then starts to make you feel bad about it for yelling at him when it's not his fault. I really don't like him.

He has a very... feminine voice. It's broken, but has this sort of girly twang to it, for lack of a better description. I don't whether that counts as having problems with speech.

He frightens me actually. The girl he called an anorexic cow hangs with me and the rest of the "Emo Kids", and this girl (Rachel) was his friend back in Primary (Elementary) School, and he clings onto her alot, and now me and my other friend, Leah. Thing is, because we don't like him, he thinks that to get us to like, him he needs to be emo. He's started ranting about how he wants to die, he's painted his nails black, and he's even tried slitting his wrists, with the blad from a penicl sharpener. He had a ring of scratches around his wrist after a history lesson one day.

But we don't do that sort of thing, and we find it both annoying and worrying. Sometimes I worry that I've said something wrong and then he, you know, does something worse the scratching his arm with a blunt sharpener...

Zeitgheist · 10-25-2007, 11:15 AM

Vampyre, it's just a very simple and common condition known as... attention whoring

Asperger patients can, indeed, find humor in cruel (doesn't mean they don't UNDERSTAND that it's cruel, but for some that CAN be the case) things, like calling people names. I know, because, I am a very sadistic person (humor-wise). That he blames it on his condition proves that he does INDEED understand what he says and does, he's just grasping for attention. If it was really his Asperger showing its true colors, he wouldn't be using it as an apology

Don't ignore him though, tell him that what he's doing simply isn't something YOU guys are doing and that it's completely different things. That your style is nothing BUT a style, not a disease (like cutting yourself is)

Kamikaze · 10-25-2007, 01:46 PM

Everything you need to know on Asperger Syndrome is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_Syndrome

Zeitgheist · 10-25-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kamikaze

Everything you need to know on Asperger Syndrome is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_Syndrome

Rule number 1, most things about asperger online is bogus.

never trust sites like wikipedia, there's nothing but misinformation

10-23-2007, 05:03 PM	#24
Kootiebirdo Settling In I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Beach, NY Posts: 71	I have Asperger's as well even though I try to keep it to myself sometimes. I'm actually kinda glad and a bit surprised as well to see a topic here about this. Last edited by Kootiebirdo; 10-23-2007 at 05:03 PM.

10-25-2007, 01:46 PM	#28
Kamikaze Newly Abandoned [Insert witty text handle here] Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lol wut? Posts: 16	Everything you need to know on Asperger Syndrome is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_Syndrome __________________ What is this? I'm not applying for a job, ya know Last edited by Kamikaze; 10-25-2007 at 01:46 PM.

05-14-2007, 02:15 PM	#21
Cutelilteen Newly Abandoned Sorry, sorry, sorry... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The place with the... uh... BACON!! Posts: 19	My second-cousin has it. I don't know much about it, but I believe it's a type of (or at least related to) autism. My cousin is often quiet and shy and usually prefers to be alone. She also doesn't talk a lot and will almost never make eye contact.

10-25-2007, 10:58 AM	#26
Vampyre Smart Aleck Woah! Look at that ZIT!... PSYCHE! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Black Country Posts: 299	There's a kid in my year at school, named Guy, who has it. I don't like him too much, not because of his condition, he's just a horrible person. He kicks you, and he once called my friend an anorexic cow because she wasn't hungry at lunch time one day. I mean, I know that he has Asperger's and all, but what makes it worse, is when you tell him off, he blames it all on his condition, and then starts to make you feel bad about it for yelling at him when it's not his fault. I really don't like him. He has a very... feminine voice. It's broken, but has this sort of girly twang to it, for lack of a better description. I don't whether that counts as having problems with speech. He frightens me actually. The girl he called an anorexic cow hangs with me and the rest of the "Emo Kids", and this girl (Rachel) was his friend back in Primary (Elementary) School, and he clings onto her alot, and now me and my other friend, Leah. Thing is, because we don't like him, he thinks that to get us to like, him he needs to be emo. He's started ranting about how he wants to die, he's painted his nails black, and he's even tried slitting his wrists, with the blad from a penicl sharpener. He had a ring of scratches around his wrist after a history lesson one day. But we don't do that sort of thing, and we find it both annoying and worrying. Sometimes I worry that I've said something wrong and then he, you know, does something worse the scratching his arm with a blunt sharpener...

10-25-2007, 11:15 AM	#27
Zeitgheist At Home It's not enough to succeed! Others must fail... Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 186	Vampyre, it's just a very simple and common condition known as... attention whoring Asperger patients can, indeed, find humor in cruel (doesn't mean they don't UNDERSTAND that it's cruel, but for some that CAN be the case) things, like calling people names. I know, because, I am a very sadistic person (humor-wise). That he blames it on his condition proves that he does INDEED understand what he says and does, he's just grasping for attention. If it was really his Asperger showing its true colors, he wouldn't be using it as an apology Don't ignore him though, tell him that what he's doing simply isn't something YOU guys are doing and that it's completely different things. That your style is nothing BUT a style, not a disease (like cutting yourself is)