04 Oct 2010, 8:08 pm
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Rocky wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Yes, but it was before I knew I might have it. I was insulted because at the time I didn't know much about AS and thought they were asking if I was stupid.
I know what you mean. At least these days it is easy to research anything on the web. I used to haunt libraries and use the card catalog to learn about things for fun. I was always curious (in more than one way
)I used to do the same thing. I would spend entire days in the library moving from section to section. When I was in elementary school, my primary focus was Entomology. The secondary focus was anything paranormal.
When it was suggested I might have AS the first time, I was still very sensitive from being called stupid by all my peers for being in special education classes.
From reading your posts I would say that you are the opposite of stupid and that they were showing their ignorance.
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04 Oct 2010, 8:26 pm
Todesking wrote:
I have been compared to Rainman on the job they even called me RainDan. I did not like being touched and was good at some complex jobs but found some easy jobs hard. I have also been compared to Cliff Claven from Cheers because I know too much useless information and like to talk about it. We watched a program on some morning news show where they had kids with Autism on it and they were talking about what to watch for in your infants and kids. I mentioned I have some of those symptoms and they all laughed and said your shy and weird your not autistic. Thats not what the tests said though. 
I am afraid that most people think in all or nothing terms. And they are basing their judgments on things like films. How many people know that the character played by Dustin Hoffman in "Rainman" is based on a person who doesn't even have Autism?
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05 Oct 2010, 11:18 am
Rocky wrote:
AnnePande wrote:
Last Saturday a man (whom I've met some times before) said to me: "Your brain is running with 120 km an hour. Are you autistic or are you just very intelligent?" He didn't say it in a mean way. And I don't remember what I said to get this reaction, didn't think it was something special.
I told him that I was on the autistic spectrum, with Asperger.
We talked a bit, and then his wife came, and he said: "I'm just talking to an autistic". A bit odd.
I told him that I was on the autistic spectrum, with Asperger.
We talked a bit, and then his wife came, and he said: "I'm just talking to an autistic". A bit odd.
I admire you for helping to educate the public (even if it's one person at a time.) I am not in favor of always doing so. There could be negative repercussions for the person who discloses. One has to choose when to disclose based on many things, like the person to whom you are talking. I have kept my suspicion that I am on the spectrum to myself except for some of my family.
I'm usually open about my diagnosis. And I have not really had some bad commentaries for that. Though it can be a bit annoying when many people say that "everybody experiences" not getting things done, getting overwhelmed by people, or such - sometimes even though I already told them that I had this in an unusual manner. (Guess they didn't get the "unusual" part?) So it may take some explanation to make people believe that said traits are AS traits and not common things.
Eg. some people told me that they also experienced getting overwhelmed with many people at a time. Then I asked, "but you don't get confused and like your brain stops when getting asked many questions in a row, and I suppose you don't begin to cry either?" They had to say yes - and to realize that it was unusual (why not just believe it in the first place?).
Not that I begin to cry every time, just when it's getting too much, and I already have had a long day. (At a wedding a month ago I managed starting to cry 3 times - one for a way too crowded dinner tent, one for just too many people for too long time, where I went for myself for a while, and one for a very confusing conversation with some quite drunk guys.)
Don't know if that's what is called meltdown or just sensory overload?
Well, sorry for going offtopic.
05 Oct 2010, 11:39 am
05 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm
05 Oct 2010, 5:35 pm
AnnePande wrote:
Rocky wrote:
AnnePande wrote:
Last Saturday a man (whom I've met some times before) said to me: "Your brain is running with 120 km an hour. Are you autistic or are you just very intelligent?" He didn't say it in a mean way. And I don't remember what I said to get this reaction, didn't think it was something special.
I told him that I was on the autistic spectrum, with Asperger.
We talked a bit, and then his wife came, and he said: "I'm just talking to an autistic". A bit odd.
I told him that I was on the autistic spectrum, with Asperger.
We talked a bit, and then his wife came, and he said: "I'm just talking to an autistic". A bit odd.
I admire you for helping to educate the public (even if it's one person at a time.) I am not in favor of always doing so. There could be negative repercussions for the person who discloses. One has to choose when to disclose based on many things, like the person to whom you are talking. I have kept my suspicion that I am on the spectrum to myself except for some of my family.
I'm usually open about my diagnosis. And I have not really had some bad commentaries for that. Though it can be a bit annoying when many people say that "everybody experiences" not getting things done, getting overwhelmed by people, or such - sometimes even though I already told them that I had this in an unusual manner. (Guess they didn't get the "unusual" part?) So it may take some explanation to make people believe that said traits are AS traits and not common things.
Eg. some people told me that they also experienced getting overwhelmed with many people at a time. Then I asked, "but you don't get confused and like your brain stops when getting asked many questions in a row, and I suppose you don't begin to cry either?" They had to say yes - and to realize that it was unusual (why not just believe it in the first place?).
Not that I begin to cry every time, just when it's getting too much, and I already have had a long day. (At a wedding a month ago I managed starting to cry 3 times - one for a way too crowded dinner tent, one for just too many people for too long time, where I went for myself for a while, and one for a very confusing conversation with some quite drunk guys.)
Don't know if that's what is called meltdown or just sensory overload?
Well, sorry for going offtopic.
I enjoyed reading your post. You may have gone a little off topic for this thread (I sure have once or twice) but your post was about ASD which is why we are on this site.
I hope that those people who said that to you were not being dismissive, but instead were trying to relate to you by their own experiences. I have never had anyone I disclosed to actually say they agree with my theory that I have mild ASD. I can relate to the feeling you discussed.
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