Acedia wrote:
Jensen wrote:
Don´t fall for the stereotypes!
It's not a stereotype, it's actually one of the central aspects of autism. People with autism have a poor theory of mind, which makes it harder to empathise with other people. Not sympathise, which is what you're probably thinking of, and confusing it with.
Nothing this guy has posted sounds remotely like Asperger Syndrome. Except a few of the OCD-like habits.
This post does not empathize with the OP, so it certainly back up its words with actions.
It sounds like the OP has learned skills to cope with being social. Just because the OP does not currently demonstrate those stereotypical aspects of autism (is not noticeably idiosyncratic to NTs) does not mean those aspects were not present during adolescence and early adulthood.
It would be faulty to generalize that all people with Asperger Syndrome never change throughout their lives. Competency with certain aspects of socializing (competency learned through years of trial and error) and being comfortable socializing are two different things. The OP makes it quite clear that competency has developed gradually, but comfort has not.
True, many people are proud of and identify with their AS and have no wish to change. However, many people were never officially diagnosed as children and did their best to learn how to navigate the world on NT terms. Just because some people who would have been diagnosed as AS if they were tested as children learned how to pass as "normal" as a self-defense mechanism does not mean they cannot be AS.
05 Jan 2016, 10:33 am
