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11 Mar 2008, 4:09 pm

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Unfortunately quite often it is NTs who have the problem, I'm fine with having Aspergers - but as soon as they find out, they say things like "Oh dear, thats a mental disorder", "poor you" I do not want people feeling sorry for me, just want them to know our symptoms are in fact a part of who we are - and that there is in fact a whole group of people who are just different. The NTs do not seem to get this, and continue to want there children, us to change - when its understanding and for some of us extra support thats needed...



Yeah good on you for rasing awareness. I don't know if I have Aspergers, havn't been diagosed or anything (careful what you say I still could be an NT, hehe). But I seem to fit the bill. I live in New Zealand to. :)

It's good learning about asperger syndrome, it has helped me understand myself more.

Do you think they should rename AS and associated disorders to mild autism? People will understand it more then I think.



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11 Mar 2008, 5:00 pm

MR_BOGAN wrote:
Do you think they should rename AS and associated disorders to mild autism? People will understand it more then I think.


I prefer the term Aspie: person who is on the Autism Spectrum, I prefer not to say if we are high functioning, low functioning, aspergers, autism. we all have triats just at different levels and can learn from each other and feel stronger as one group.

To me its like utism is at the centre of a large web and around it just some of the associated conditions people can have PDD, OCD, Social phobia, Anxiety, Bipolar, ADHD, ADD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, Tourettes Syndrome, speech disorders… It seems to depend on who you see, is what you get diagnosed with. There really needs to be a one stop place, for advice on not just autism spectrum disorders, but all the associated conditions as well. Trying to be diagnosed can be near impossible especially for adults; the whole system at present is far too disjointed.


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