richie
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20 May 2007, 6:00 pm
madscientist wrote:
Keep in mind that when many of us dinos (I'm 43) were growing up, AS was virtually unknown in the psych community and wasn't accepted officially as a condition until the 90's.
Many of us, including myself, who were fortunate enough to have high intelligence and a good support system, developed coping skills on our own - such as replacing the "natural" ability to read body language and non-verbal cues with conscious thought processes and study of books on the subject - which masked the symptoms. we still knew that we were "different" though, so when more research started coming out relating to AS many of us stood up and said "THAT'S ME!! !". It definitely would have been nice to better understand AS at an earlier age, though.
Many of us, including myself, who were fortunate enough to have high intelligence and a good support system, developed coping skills on our own - such as replacing the "natural" ability to read body language and non-verbal cues with conscious thought processes and study of books on the subject - which masked the symptoms. we still knew that we were "different" though, so when more research started coming out relating to AS many of us stood up and said "THAT'S ME!! !". It definitely would have been nice to better understand AS at an earlier age, though.
I am a 48 year old "dino-autie" myself, I grew up in a time when Higher Functioning Autism was not
recognized for what it is. Developing coping skills, tactics and strategies does not happen overnight.
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