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On another thread I pointed out that dyslexic people come across as relativly normal and more down to earth than aspies do. In fact dyslexic people behave just like neurotpyicals do.

How come aspergers people come across as so ecentric compared to dyslexics?

Dyslexia is a condition that affects reading comprehension; it affects the relationship between a person and the written word. AS affects social comprehension and interaction; it impairs relationships with other people. I'm sure if you asked a book, it would find the dyslexic more eccentric and confusing.


M.

Yeah but what would you rather be? More ecentric to a person or more ecentric to a book?

I really can't say; I'm not dyslexic. Being able to read with great fluidity, while in no way replacing the social blindness, has enabled me to compensate and adapt differently and appreciate the world around me even if I don't care for the people. Personally, I think I am better off as I am than I would be were I unable to connect with books.


M.

I am kind of similar to you, I have semantic pragmantic langauge disorder and I am not that greatly interested in people. I just get sucked into my own world by playing video games

I agree with makuranososhi in that those with AS struggle with a slightly different set of issues than those of dyslexics. Those with any ASD (including AS) have impaired social interaction and communication, as well as restricted or repetitive behavior. Those with dyslexia have impaired reading reading ability. While some people with dyslexia may have some social difficulty, it's not because of dyslexia but of a possible comorbid disorder. That may be why dyslexics seem less socially eccentric than those with AS. Eventhough dyslexics may have an impairment with language centers of the brain doesn't mean that it will automatically transfer to social skills. It can go the same with AS: Even though we have impaired language centers doesn't mean that we will struggle with reading to the degree that dyslexics do.

I'd rather be more eccentric to a person, to be honest.

Definitely. It takes extreme circumstances to make it hard for me to read; and on those rare occasions I have always hated it. Not being able to read as instinctively and naturally as I do would be intensely frustrating to me.

Of course, if I had been born dyslexic rather than autistic, my personality would be different and most likely I wouldn't mind not being able to read all the time any more than I mind being autistic now.

The answer to the dyslexia versus autism thing is pretty obvious: By definition, autistic people have deficits in interpersonal communication; and that interpersonal communication includes the messages we send to other people. When they try to read us, we're different, and that looks eccentric.

Simple dyslexia is a lot less "pervasive" than autism. It affects a few skills and represents a few cognitive traits. Autism, on the other hand, seems to affect any cognitive or physical aspect of the brain that you care to test. A global thing like autism will be further from the typical than a specific learning disability like dyslexia.

Not that dyslexics can't be eccentric, of course. Plenty of them have dyslexia as a small part of some overall difference; plenty more have traits that create dyslexia and also affect other things.