10 Mar 2010, 6:44 am
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Oh, I get it......."sth" = "something" 
I bet you do texting don't you? I'm very poor at that, hence the confusion.
10 Mar 2010, 9:05 pm
Valoyossa wrote:
MyFutureSelfnMe - yes, it depends. But people think that Aspies feel nothing, it's not true. We only can't express or realise. Some Aspies are asexual, but it's not true that all are. Some already don't know they feel sth. Some parents think that their Aspie child will never want to have bf/gf, because "Aspies are asexual". Somobody has to tell them they're wrong.
People thinking that pictures in head are halluciantions, are also wrong and have to be realised it's way of thinking.
Etc.
People thinking that pictures in head are halluciantions, are also wrong and have to be realised it's way of thinking.
Etc.
I agree that those kind of opinions are something that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. The aspies don't feel thing leads some people to jump to the conclusion that just walking out on an aspie spouse won't hurt them or ignoring an aspie is no big deal because they have no feelings. I've seen people actually tell others its okay to do these things to the aspies in their life on a couple of sites that are geared towards support for family and friends of those on the spectrum only (instead of also for those with the disorders on the spectrum like here). What bothers me more though is the thought of how those with worse conditions on the spectrum are treated when this line of thinking is used.
Personally I always have looked at being able to visualize in my head so well one of the gifts of being on the spectrum, same with the ability hyper focus on favorite subjects. There just seems no logic in telling someone their broken for having a strong imagination or that kind of focus when given the right set of skills to use those abilities can give you so much. It's kind of like training the ability to kick a ball really far. Its a great skill in sports but useless until you know how to use it correctly and practice the skills to use that natural talent.
I've been thinking of ways to actually do research for this and got an idea earlier today so I'm going to run it by you guys to see what you think. The discussion here is going great, but for collecting questions/issues to be addressed and then the answers/experiences/whatever is relevant something more organized will probably be necessary. Somewhere to first submit the questions and then to be able to send out a list of how ever many of the most common or what is agreed on as the most needed, with a way for those involved to answer, give opinions, maybe even some anecdotes. Problem I run into is I really don't know where to start with such a thing or how something like this should be gone about. Would it be something we could do through here, or would that be too limiting a source or just not possible to do even? Some of the stuff that shows up in the You Might Be An Aspie If thread I think would be great to show NTs outside the site. The joking way we talk about issues we face there might show that limited communication skills and such doesn't make us not people.
11 Mar 2010, 5:22 am
