highly educated? and Aspergers?

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ilivinamushroom
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05 Jan 2010, 10:56 pm

wildgrape wrote:

Willard wrote

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Some WP members don't like to acknowledge that success is within reach of some autistic people. However, Vernon Smith won a Nobel Prize. You can view a video concerning him here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7030731/

Alright! Hear that, everybody!? Let's all go out right now and get our Nobel Prizes! If Vernon can do it, we all can do it! Your autism can never keep you from achieving ultimate success in anything you attempt - if you achieve anything less than the level of a Nobel Prize, you just weren't trying hard enough! Because clearly, if ol' Vern can do it, then its not really a handicap for any of us. Any autistic person achieving less than the level of Nobel prize is just a lazy-ass loser whose failure to connect and fit in is their own fault.

Hell, let's just say it flat out - there's no such thing as autism - if you can't succeed socially, you're just a worthless geek. If people bully you and prevent you from getting where you need to be - you're a wimp. Step up and get on with your life, crybaby - that dude's got a Nobel prize, that woman's got a PhD - hell, that guy worked with KISS - see, autism never kept anybody from achieving anything. It's not real. Its just something made up by liberal bleeding heart mental health professionals to give them busy work babysitting the losers who can't beat the crap out of everyone else and take what they want - you know - the type that evolution tells us should be weeded from the herd. The worthless and weak. No wonder Autism Speaks wants to wipe them from the face of the Earth, its what Nature wants...

None of the sarcastic vitriol that you spewed follows from, or is suggested by, the text of mine that you quoted. You should be ashamed for suggesting that.

The doctor in the video clearly stated that Vernons sucess without assistance is atypical

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05 Jan 2010, 11:11 pm

Douglas_MacNeill wrote:

I have Asperger's, and an MA in Sociology
(convocation for it in November 1997)

Wow!

It's good to have a graduate degree in something...

Especially a degree in a subject area where Aspies aren't expected to do well.

How did you do it?

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06 Jan 2010, 12:21 am

I've got a bachelor's degree.

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06 Jan 2010, 3:45 am

I'm in Uni working my way towards a pHd (eventually), and I've had Deans Commendations for being a top achieving student every single semester I have studied. I graduated school with an OP2 (achieved equal to the top 2-3% of students in the state). I feel disappointed in myself that I didn't make an OP1 (top 1% of the state or better).

Still an undergrad student though.

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06 Jan 2010, 3:58 am

I have a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. I know I did much better in college than in high school. I think a large part of that was due to being able to choose the courses that interested me. Even with required courses there were usually options that appealed to me.

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06 Jan 2010, 4:06 am

Associates (transfer program) degree, BS - Mechanical Engineering, BA - Business Management (only got that one because a previous employer paid for it). Currently going for a Pharmacy Technician Certification and Radiography Associates. College is much better because I don't have to socialize if I don't want to whereas in high school you are forced to socialize. Plus at the age of 42 I can tell anybody to F!@# OFF! if they bother me.

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06 Jan 2010, 4:09 am

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Congratulations.

It really takes tremendous focus and motivation to do this well.

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06 Jan 2010, 4:25 am

I have an MPhys. Just. :lol:

School wasn't good, but not because the work was difficult for me.

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06 Jan 2010, 6:10 am

I have a degree in linguistics. Trying to make it into a doctoral programme now, unfortunately they only accept on average one new student per year...

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06 Jan 2010, 7:34 am

Two undergrad (1 arts, 1 science) and finishing my Masters now. One day will go through with Phd.

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06 Jan 2010, 8:45 am

J.D. degree.

I found college easy because I enjoy learning, and once I was out of the abusive environment of high school I could excel. I had some issues with handing the stress of school, but for me it was all about planning my day.

Not that my degree does jack squat for me. AS affects my ability to obtain and hold a good job. It doesn't really impair my ability to learn.

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06 Jan 2010, 11:57 am

ruennsheng wrote:

sunshower wrote:

Congratulations.

It really takes tremendous focus and motivation to do this well.

Thankyou.

Guess it doesn't really count though until I've completed the degree/masters/phd and have the certificates to show for it though.

(Plus I think it helps to have academia/study as a special interest. :lol:

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06 Jan 2010, 4:53 pm

I have an undergraduate degree, a professional degree and a graduate degree.

Now working on an MPA but not likely to work towards a Ph.D. unless I can find a research area.

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06 Jan 2010, 5:05 pm

I'm finishing my PhD in experimental psychology: psychophysics.

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06 Jan 2010, 5:17 pm

ruennsheng wrote:

But what about those Aspies who struggle in high school? Looks that community colleges and second-tier universities will only do for them. Do you think debts will enable them to get PhDs?

Not sure, but it doesn't necessarily hurt to get work experience in industry or something to help pay off debts, etc., before going to grad school. I personally took 4 years off and don't regret it (also don't have any debts :mrgreen:

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In addition, do you think PhDs can really help Aspies in employment and self-fulfillment?

Well, if you are a believer in the phrase "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", then yeah the grad school experience can be quite fulfilling, if not challenging. :lol:

However, I am kinda expecting to be rather underemployed in my financial near-future. (getting PhD in Genetics sometime this year) :mrgreen:

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06 Jan 2010, 5:25 pm

I have a B.A. I would have loved to go on beyond that. If only I could have been a professional student! :lol:

BTW I believe diamonddave here on WP has a PhD.

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