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EzraS
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11 Feb 2018, 3:59 pm

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No offense, but you are WAY too articulate to have either Asperger's or Autism. The hallmarks of both those conditions are an inability or impairment when it comes to social interaction, verbalization and so forth.

It's normally pretty easy to identify someone online with those conditions because they communicate like Chris Chan... very odd, very disconnected, overly inarticulate, often flustered in their wording... on the flip side you're expressing yourself beautifully with absolutely no verbal hiccups or hangups.


Severely autistic Carly Fleischmann debunks that entire claim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6umMRANVg4


From watching a Chris Chan highlights video, he looks like a performer to me.



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11 Feb 2018, 4:34 pm

EzraS wrote:
Severely autistic Carly Fleischmann debunks that entire claim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6umMRANVg4

This is really, really good - should be an inspiration to us all.

I think her social skills are better than mine.
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11 Feb 2018, 9:19 pm

I asked a question on Yahoo Answers a few years ago about whether or not I might have AS. Someone responded and said that since I seemed intelligent and was able to get on the internet and write a coherent paragraph, I must not have any "disability". Like they thought that having any disability, including AS, means that you have to have intellectual impairment. :|



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11 Feb 2018, 9:38 pm

Compared with average NTs, you'll find plenty of people "too articulate to be neurotypical" as well.
As it turns out, there's considerable variation on both sides of the proverbial aisle.