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Rate your level of functioning
10 - have many friends, girfriend or boyfriend that you live with or husband or wife, full time or part time job, work well with co-workers, extensive social life 14%  14%  [ 15 ]
5 - have a few or more friends, a girlfriend or boyfriend but not living together, part time job, some difficulty working with co-workers 21%  21%  [ 22 ]
3 - have one or two friends, date at times, part time job, considerable difficulty working with co-workers 28%  28%  [ 30 ]
2 - no friends, some acquaintances, no dating, part time job or unemployed, difficulty interacting with people 26%  26%  [ 28 ]
1 - no friends, no acquaintances, no dating, no job, extreme difficulty socializing with others, avoid talking to and being around people 11%  11%  [ 12 ]
Total votes : 107

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11 Feb 2008, 12:38 pm

I'm VHFA.

I'm a well-adapted adult.

Asperger's is a developmental disorder, a developmental delay.

We are late bloomers, but often spectacular ones.

The only thing that handicaps us is a belief that we "can't" do something.

We should not be held to the same timetable as those with Normally Tuned brains.

Your milage may vary, and probably will.


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11 Feb 2008, 9:32 pm

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I used to be a 10. But physical challenges have knocked me down to a 2 - 3. Chronic illness takes away any desire to be sociable or romantic. If I didn't have this, I would probably be a higher number.


what physical disease do you have?


Something called Ankylosing Spondylitis, and a secondary disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.


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11 Feb 2008, 9:34 pm

hartzofspace wrote:
Strapples wrote:
hartzofspace wrote:
I used to be a 10. But physical challenges have knocked me down to a 2 - 3. Chronic illness takes away any desire to be sociable or romantic. If I didn't have this, I would probably be a higher number.


what physical disease do you have?


Something called Ankylosing Spondylitis, and a secondary disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.


Oh yay! neurological diseases or disabilities... i must go read on those... oh and you might be interested in my weekly podcast on disabilities... maybe you coudl be a guest host with me... i would love to do one on those two diseases you just stated...

go to talkshoe.com and type in the search box 77355.. my podcast is the one with the little white guy in the wheelchair....


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11 Feb 2008, 9:52 pm

I checked out both the podcasts and your website. Awesome! :star:


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12 Feb 2008, 3:30 pm

Well, the score is a bit difficult

- I have a full time job (more than fulltime lately unfortunately, but it pays)
- NO girlfriend
- one best friend, some friends
- some social life
- volunteer job

Looks high functioning. But it takes a lot of energy, especially the full time job. Now I have a head ache and feel dull, because I had to work 10,5 hours today. Probably sink in this weekend. But next week I planned a day off!



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12 Feb 2008, 4:16 pm

Totally kinda skews it for those of us in school.


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12 Feb 2008, 9:13 pm

This very much varies over time for me. At times I will have no friends whatsoever, or times like now I'll have a few. Depends on how many people I frequently see that can keep a conversation with me.



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13 Feb 2008, 7:59 am

I'm not old enough to get a job, but as far as everything else goes I'm right on par with the 10 you described. Got a boyfriend (we don't live together but that's standard at 14 & 15), more than twenty best friends, I get good grades and I have a great social life. Though why aren't there more choices on this poll for those in between?