About autism....World Autism Awareness Week

Never been diagnosed

I have Asperger's, but I view it mostly as a gift. I think and learn a huge amount of detail about pretty much any topic and my brain can interconnect them all. I've kinda thought of my brain like wikipedia, where everything connected to everything else.

The problems for me stem from the social awkwardness etc... and definitely the sensory issues. Lack of light really hurts me, and sounds (like in a mega size grocery store for example) can be so overwhelming I can't really go there.

I don't drive either, because of anxiety and not able to make the split second choices required (and lack of money). And I live in a city that has pretty much 0 public transportation, and 0 walkability, so I can't really even get to stores or social situations to try to work on them :\

One common trait with Autism type issues is that it's sometimes hard to do things or focus unless we have some interest in the topic or situation. Another issue of where I live is that there is not much history or architecture or decent culture (my city has the most bars per capita of any city in the world x_x), which are things I am really interested in so even if I could get around, there's nowhere for me to go anyways.
I'm fully functional otherwise, so I'm trying to figure out a city to move to where I can actually get around and live, and where I'd actually be interested in the place. With the light issues, it would be nice if it were somewhere warm and bright for a large portion of the year, but the transportation issue is more important.

As a probably crazy dream: If anyone knows of a place in Europe (or elsewhere in the world) that I could move to that would provide help for a foreigner with Autism/Asperger's till I get on my feet, please let me know! I'd probably even consider becoming a citizen, and language is no barrier. In fact I love learning new languages, and is one of the benefits of my Asperger's :)

Sorry for the probably rambling post

i dont have autism, i think, since i was i wild when i was a kid.. and bump

I don't think I have an autistic spectrum condition, but one of my roommates said I was very much like his brother who did, which is a bit rude when you think about it. "Hey, you're about the same socially as my brother who is operating four years behind standard development. But he's autistic, and you have no excuse." I do have demophobia though (I have a hard time in tight crowds unless I have someone I know next to me) so I've always been a little socially isolated because of obvious reasons.

I have high-functioning autism, with synesthesia and signs of savant syndrome. It was diagnosed back in 2012. It is a slightly damning thing to be told; especially when you know something's up and other avenues feel less contrived to improve upon with. High-functioning is a relative concepts as I show differing levels of difficulty with certain things depending on situation and what catalyses my mind at any given moment.

What I despise most of all are the "self-diagnosed" individuals who are using this veil to divert away from mountains of personal issues, social and developmental maladjustments to justify being downright cunts hiding a victim complex with a density akin to a neutron star. A lot of self-aggrandising pricks like to narcissitically associate with what they confuse sympathy with empathy in order to feel accepted and validated for their actions (or inactions). It is the driving force being a lot of social movements nowadays from neckbearded fedora wearing dullards to SJW "inactivism", animal rights (not saying there aren't legitimate concerns there) or what I call the "new emo"; genderfluidity and queerness coming from all sorts of misguided symptoms and agency from refusing to "conform" to a societal or familial definition of what a gender role "should be" instead of thriving and evolving past them or hermits incapable of attaining a certain ideal of a significant other choosing instead to become who said ideal should be (whether that would be the opposite sex to being an animal seen as receiving a type of attention desired in one's own life, etc.) . It deters away from actual sufferers, research, autistic individuals or actual transpeople, or bi or whatever and the much fewer "inbetweener" groups which proliferate, diluting dialogue and actual mentality shifts and therefore platforms and initiatives to help others.

Another rambling post, but yeah.

I haven't been diagnosed, but I think only very, very severe cases of spectrum disorders were ever diagnosed when I was younger.
My oldest son was diagnosed with PDD though. I started noticing signs really early, and we had super helpful support , and excellent resources. He still didn't talk until he was 3, but speech helped a lot. He still has some social and texture issues, but most people would never even guess he had a diagnosis. He'll be 9 this week.

I don't have any kind of disorder, but this is a really interesting discussion. Have a bump, Yoshi. ^_^

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I don't have autism but for sure I'm retarded :D

I have a few of the behaviors of Asperger's or Autism, but none of the symptoms. (My behaviors are tied to early childhood trauma rather than a specific medical condition.) I eventually learned to resist my OCD (I still feel the tug to straighten that picture frame, but I can ignore it), and my take on everything has already been mentioned by someone else.

All of life's experiences were worth it if they led to me being the person I am.

Asperger here. In today's world it's pretty hard, depending on your starting situation. I always knew I was different but always attributed that to my particular egocentric visions and inability to compromise with things that didn't make legit sense, until I heard about it and made a positive diagnostic.

And it's really fucking hard, maybe less maybe more as I am now aware and try to find a place in this world. Last day I was shocked by a report of a NYC asperger man who was jailed because he had been arrested 28 times (!) dressed a transit conductor and conducting trains or buses with no problem because he had photographic memories of all the maps and systems, and this is the only thing that made sense for him, what he was made to do. Instead they didn't know and didn't want to deal with that so they sent him to jail and I was sad and pissed.

Asperger people usually are very good at deep thinking and precise apprehension of the world, they can see the world and things like no one else and further than no one else, and they could be of great help to many companies, academies, workshops etc...but instead we live in a world where jobs are filled by parasitic business, communication and other bullshit school bachelors to do alienating non-sensical and mostly dubious jobs, analysis or recommendations, while perceptive people are asked to conform to non-sensical, inefficient or counter productives norms and show BS credentials to get a job.

It's not easy, the world is probably not going to get better, and If I had the chance to succeed in any shape or form, one of my first endeavour would be to create a system, a structure or platform for such people from any background to find a place in society for what they were meant to do.

Aspergers here,sucks having to see "autism" be used as an insult by idiots who don't know what it actually means.

yoshi, you do know that the spectrum is so wide now that almost every one is considered one.
hell, at first people thought that there is more autism now than a few years ago, than someone pointed out that the tests and the range has improved...

don't think we really know if there is more now or not. but i will tell you this: i think everyone has something, and the doctors are crazy for the range they use when defining it
(i read some, well actually a lot, research on it. related to my work)

My son has high functioning autism and it is a challenge sometimes.

He's a beautiful, loving kid, that can still sometimes do my head in.

I'm also mildly on the spectrum though undiagnosed.

My biggest problem is the social aspect.

I find it difficult being in social scenes of more than 4 people.

I do try to push myself to go to parties where I am invited but with my issues I can sometimes mistakenly alienate others.

That aspect really sucks because I want good friends in my life but sometimes I mistakenly push friends away even though that is not my intention.

Another thing is that there isn't much I wouldn't do for my friends if I am able to, but sometimes my issues get in the way and I've lost one or two potentially good friends because of this.

Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.

wow i never knew i had autism too before

my shrink said im some new form of sociopath, idk or care what that means, but I guess it's something

I have Autism but never was really fond about sharing it. To be honest nobody has noticed. Its a label more than anything and to the people with Autism like me its not bad to be Autistic, I have learned to Map and Code for various games. Knowledge!

As i see a lot of ppl read the wikipedia article and think they are autistic...

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just a bump

My wife helps autistic children professionally and runs a clinic. I'm glad you made this thread to raise awareness and I'm extremely interested in this game. Thanks a ton!

I don't really think I have an autism related disorder.

But I am sensitive to loud noises, crowds and bright lights.
I like people, but only a few at a time.

But I had 2 major concussions and might be that that made me more sensitive and less able to filter incoming stimuli.

I don't have any valuable input so have a bump instead!

Well, my little brother have Asperger, and he used to be kinda soccially akward but therapy have help him a lot he has his low momments and everything but he is doing great ^^

Also what surprise me is how smart can people whit asperger be.

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