I have takent the aspie quiz and passed at 142 out of 200 & the second quiz 42 out of 50 and found out that a bunch of wierd qirky things about me that run in our family are actually aspie traits. Now that I am 62, what avenues can / should I investigate to better deal with my gifts & burdens.
I am tempted to pursue getting an official diagnosis just to add some clout to my recommendation that any grand children, grand nieces & grand nephews with odd characteristics (about 40% of them) be reviewed to see if AS is a more accurate diagnosis to direct the support they recieve. Is there any other advantage to getting an official diagnosis, and who does one see about it anyway?
Frankly I would not take a cure in exchange for my gifts. I may be eccentric but I can do some unusual things. I can, and do, go into altered mental states where I concentrate far beyond normal and accomplish creative tasks that amaze even me after the fact. It only takes 15 or 20 minutes as it seems for me, but when I come out I am exhausted and it is 6 to 8 hours later, but it gets things done. However, I wish I could stop embarassing myself so badly when I meet people out of the context where I know them and haven't a clue who they are. ..... You get the picture, I think, based on what else I have read here. I have had a diagnosis of dyslexia before, but it left so much unanswered. And Asperger's seems to cover all known quirks and a bunch of things that I regarded as unrelated oddities until now.
10 Apr 2007, 11:13 pm
