Is Asperger's Syndrome a curse or a blessing?

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16 Sep 2012, 1:34 pm

For me it's definitely not a blessing, but saying that it's a curse may be a bit extreme. I don't mind being a little quirky, I just wish that I could experience normal things - normally.

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29 May 2014, 5:24 pm

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I believe that if 100% of the population were perfectly normal, our technological and cultural advancements today would not have been possible. I believe that the deviants and the eccentric people are the ones who progressed humanity to what it is today. Without Thomas Edison, an addled genius, we would not have the light bulb. Without Einstein, we wouldn't have nuclear power.

Although I feel that I am cursed with the inability to socialize, I progressed more academically and financially compared to my friends and classmates. Because of my poor social skills, I spent most of my time thinking and contemplating about the world and my future. I knew exactly what I needed to do in order to make sure I lived comfortably.
Would my socioeconomic status still be the same if I did not have AS? Better or worse? I'm not too sure, I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Do you believe there are advantages to our condition? Is it strictly a bad thing?

What if you're the aspie that is bad at being social and academic?

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29 May 2014, 5:40 pm

TheConfuzzledAspie wrote:

stratify wrote:

What if you're the aspie that is bad at being social and academic?

There is many ways to bring something to society. Even just posting a comment on WP, it might help someone somewhere. Of course we can't all be geniuses (whether AS or NT).

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29 May 2014, 5:43 pm

For me it is neither, its all just part of who I am. NTs have issues too, just because someone is NT doesn't mean that everything is all nice and perfect for them. But I think just to be alive is a blessing, I was lucky my biological mother didn't get an abortion.

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29 May 2014, 5:51 pm

Can't speak for anyone else, and there's a real possibility that I'm simply too stoopid to be aware of what I'm missing...

IMO my Asperger's is a feature, not a bug.

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29 May 2014, 7:33 pm

Can it be a Blurse?

A blessing and a curse. It always me to see the world in a different way. But because I see it differently people view me as different too.

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29 May 2014, 7:52 pm

Definitely a curse!
Even if it could be demonstrated that AS makes one more likely to contribute something to humanity's knowledge (which is doubtful), that helps society not necessarily oneself. I would guess that many scholars with AS are failures socially and would have been better off as NTs (even if they weren't gifted). NTs seem to be much happier people on average than people with AS. I consider myself significantly more intelligent than average and, as much as I value intelligence, I would certainly have preferred average intelligence without AS. AS is a horrible curse. And we only get one chance at life. We were doomed from conception

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29 May 2014, 7:57 pm

AceofKnaves wrote:

Can it be a Blurse?

That's my new favourite non-word, bravo. Blurse

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29 May 2014, 8:00 pm

Pobbles wrote:

AceofKnaves wrote:

Can it be a Blurse?

That's my new favourite non-word, bravo. Blurse

Thank you. Lol.

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29 May 2014, 8:01 pm

Definately a curse! Most of my life, 've been miserable because of it.

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29 May 2014, 8:13 pm

A curse for me... Now that I know about it... Not that it wasn't a curse before... Is it worse to know that you have a curse than walk around in life having a curse but just not knowing it?

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29 May 2014, 10:11 pm

Pobbles wrote:

IMO my Asperger's is a feature, not a bug.

Well, you could argue across multiple dimensions:
- It's a feature, given the absence of a formal specification
- It's a defect, from a "fit for use" perspective

Sorry - I spent too much time reading Joseph Juran and Philip Crosby. LOL.

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30 May 2014, 6:18 am

I think that Asperger's is NEITHER a curse or a blessing.....it has both advantages and disadvantages
I guess it's just a matter of people's perspective, if it benefits them more...then it's a blessing...but if isn't....then it's a curse

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30 May 2014, 1:23 pm

Niche99 wrote:

^^
THIS

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30 May 2014, 1:50 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Niche99 wrote:

^^
THIS

Exactly!

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