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06 May 2008, 11:08 am

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/todaysman/film.html

This is a spectrum, but I contrast to this man. I'm usually very quiet and anxious, while he seems loud and obnoxious. None the less, it was a good look into another aspie. :wink:



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06 May 2008, 11:23 am

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The most exciting thing that has happened to Nicky is that he has spoken on the phone —twice— ...


O man, that has me laughing.

I believe Nicky comes under the, frantic type that doesn't understand boundaries, and appears childlike in demeanour (immature).



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06 May 2008, 11:25 am

Danielismyname wrote:
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The most exciting thing that has happened to Nicky is that he has spoken on the phone —twice— ...


O man, that has me laughing.

I believe Nicky comes under the, frantic type that doesn't understand boundaries, and appears childlike in demeanour (immature).

Because he spoke very late he seems to be more HFA then AS.



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06 May 2008, 11:33 am

If he caught up, and now appears as someone with AS, I can see why he was diagnosed with such (certain criteria for AS allow for a speech delay). It really depends if someone has trouble talking at the time, and this determines what they are now; plus other things. If he swayed/rocked/flapped for the majority of the time to some extent, plus had troubles with starting conversations [other than social], he'd be HFA rather than AS.