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Do you agree that Asperger's is basically delayed maturity?
Yes, aside from personality differences, we're all developmentally delayed at about the same rate? 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Yes, but we're all delayed at different rates 88%  88%  [ 14 ]
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bettalove
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01 Oct 2012, 6:43 pm

Biased poll is biased.

My answer is also no.


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01 Oct 2012, 7:44 pm

Yes or yes, I'm spoiled for choice with that poll. I would have to say no, I feel like I am more mature and sensible than the vast majority of people my age.



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02 Oct 2012, 9:39 pm

My opinion is that the social skills component isn't simply social delay. A child who is delayed socially would fit in well with kids a few years younger, and I don't think that is the case here. Neurotypicals are innately social learners and they practically absorb this stuff. So I think it's more that their brains are wired differently, and social learning is not one of the areas people with Asperger's excel at. Also some of the other spectrum traits make socialization more challenging in an NT world.



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03 Oct 2012, 4:22 pm

LordExiron wrote:
No. I would say that delayed maturity can be caused by Asperger's, but only if you mean maturity in the sense of social development (getting a job, significant other, independence from one's parents, etc.). However, some people with AS have very high moral maturity, intellectual maturity, or development of self, though there are also those who don't. I don't think it really has anything to do with maturity in most senses of the world, but I guess it can delay social development. However, it's certainly not the main part of it.


You are correct in my meaning that it is socio-emotional maturity. I do not consider people with strong morals or high IQ, or big goals to necessarily be mature.
Many small children have high IQ, strong morals and big goals(development of self).

Anyways, as noted before, *I tried to put in a third"No" option, but it wouldn't work* I'm not just being biased.

I posted this in the first post, yet no one one paid attention


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