Interesting articles.
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When he finally learned he had Asperger's, the symptoms fit -- the difficulties organizing his homework, making friends, tolerating situations as mundane as a brightly lit or noisy place. "Being in a room where there are lots of conversations makes me feel bad," he says. "I try to listen to every conversation."
Oh-so-familiar.
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trouble distinguishing what’s important from what’s not
Or possibly, having a different idea from most people about what normal is?
I do have this problem sometimes, mainly when writing essays. I've always expressed it as "difficulty distinguishing between relevant and interesting."
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Where Kaim’s classmates interpret Rogers leaning forward as engagement, Kaim sees him invading Gloria’s space. Where her classmates like his open-ended approach, Kaim flinches.
So would I. Whenever I see people touch each other on Tv and in the movies, or see someone get hugged unexpectedly in real life, I cringe.
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‘‘If I’m having one of those really good moments — when I’m out by myself walking is usually when it is — I see lots of trees and the world looks so beautiful, and I’m thinking about everything, nothing, letting the world flow, writing essays in my mind,’’ Kaim says. ‘‘It will suddenly dawn on me that I know a lot of people who aren’t comfortable being by themselves and this is a great privilege. I think, ‘Isn’t this a wonderful thing about having Asperger’s.’ Later I have to self-correct, because it’s not that wonderful, because you really can’t get rid of the depression and anxiety. In theory I’m proud to be unique in this particular way, but in practice it just creates a lot of unhappiness, so I have very conflicted feelings.’’
Well said. However, I think that giving up the good side of the syndrome would be far too high of a price to pay just to get rid of my instability.
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09 Jan 2007, 10:27 am
