I have high functioning autism and bipolar I get A A A B on my report card im good at multiplication and i'm a good reader and a good speller and im good at pronouncing hard words. but its a challenge for me though every day
Damn it! All the people whom on this docutmentry all seem very good at maths and have High-Functioning Autism! FML! am i the only person with high-functioning autism and seems to suck really bad at math?! -.-
@ginnyisdacoolest I'm sorry about that stupid comment. A friend of mine was using my PC and he was browsing through some videos on YouTube, and I wasn't in the room at the time so I didn't know what he was doing. So I apologise on his behalf. I linked him to this video of yours because I was recently diagnosed with HFA, so I have been doing some online research about the topic.
i have asperger's. do you have asperger's or HFA? im 12 now. i wish my mother was like you because you are understanding with stuff but she never called me special or amazing or anything. and when i see some vids of the mothers interviewing the kid i wanna slit my throat. well... if you could reply aleast i would have someone to talk to...
I think "high functioning" as you call it is just a localized group of symptoms that are generally unacceptable in society. Since the way people function and react can be passed down genetically through specific traits, do you think people should categorize them and label the people who have them? If so, when should it stop?The end of this way of thinking is that everyone has disorders and we most either know when to stop trying to correct them or continue trying to "perfect" human kind. The sp
which is quite weird. I still see patterns in things, am very awkward in social situations. I suppose with maturity 1 kinda learns ways 2 cope. Considering I've worked in industries where use & knowledge of social etiquette is essential, I've somehow managed 2 get by using; 'Mirroring'. I found that people feel a little more at ease if they recognize some of themselves in u, if that makes any sense.
Hey, enough chatter lol Just wanted 2 say it was nice watching & listening 2 ur vid.
university, graduated with Honors. I find it very hard to understand certain kinds of jokes, innuendos. I find it hard to interpret facial expressions and body language and in doing so often end up boring people around me to tears or people start looking at me like am 'weird'....As I have grown up I find that the signs and symptoms have changed or evolved if u like. As a teenager I was more eloquent verbally, but as I have matured my speech is not as fluent, rather my writing has improved lol
I chuckled in response, "they put the questions in the same place. The least they could have done was change the order". U see as it was from the year before I had memorised the outlay of the question and answers, because I funnily enough enjoyed taking the test, so I barely read the questions before knowing where to circle the answer. .. If asked about a certain topic I could tell u the page number and paragraph where you would find it in the book. I went to college, did well, went to
did not feel comfortable answering it I still would because I did not know how to lie or think fast enough to think up another answer. Ofcourse this made me an easy person to pick on. And pick they did. For 12 yrs in the same school and never really made any friends. I had an amazing memory and was on the Honor Roll all throughout High School. I 'Aced' an IQ test given to us in 8th Grade purely because I remembered the questions from the IQ test the year before. When asked how I felt Id done
went away for awhile and when they came back they didn't see me. They went crazy looking round the flat and outside to only find me running. I saw patterns in everything I did, even walking on the road has patterns that repeat themselves than not many people notice daily....Anyways, I never fitted in much with the kids because I found it hard to respond to many social behaviours that most kids wouldn't find hard to know what to do. e.g. someone would ask me a personal question but even though I
to have it, I am glad to finally be able to make sense of the mad world around me.
I was born premature, my speech development was very slow for a child my age..but I could read a book in my mind, but couldn't read it out loud fluently hence had to attend special help classes in my primary school. I never crawled as a child, my mom being a nurse had me checked out by the best physicians but was told there was nothing wrong with my legs. One day my parents left me on the floor in the lounge and
A very Introspective blog...Thanx for ur honest opinions. I have to say that for someone with Aspergers you definately have come very far with learning social skills =) I can see that just by watching how u presented yourself in the video.
I have only recently found out that I am a HFA. I am an Adult now and have to say am so relieved to finally be able to connect the dots to make sense of my life experiences, childhood misadventures, never fitting in...Although I would have preferred not
no need to feel sorry for them. nor envy them. each person is much more than what he or she seems to be. look, if nobody knew that those little einsteins were little einsteins, could they treat them differently, if they see them around town, because of the way they behave? They have participated on a tv documentary, ok, but how many watched it? The biggest stranger is the one who live in ourselves. And it is the construction we make of the eye of the other. deep down, it's our own eye.
@limafilho27 Have you ever heard of John Green? Because your message there sounds very similar to one made in one of his books. I agree wholeheartedly - you only ever see a tiny fraction of anyone as a whole. Please keep in mind I was 13 when I made this, and have had a lot more time to think about it.
@chuckincho i am actually speechless, you have no idea what its like to have aspergers, usually im not too worried about ignorant twats like you, but i take this personally, to have someone come along, who doesnt have any personal experiance with aspergers, and try and say that something that has affected my life, and many others is non existant? that we are just making it up? you have no idea what its like, and you never will.
My mate has a son who is autarded;its hideous, with a massive bulbous head,wide staring eyes,stinks of piss and shit and runs round the house on its tip toes making shrieking noises;its an obscene repulsive freak., that can only be cured by our lord Jesus:Adolf Hitler
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. These disorders are usually first diagnosed in early childhood and range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome. They also include two rare disorders, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder.
clever video, was interesting to hear your thoughts, and with the eye contact thing someone else said, i find it really hard to keep i contact but what i find helps is either looking like a their mouths or the space between the eyes, because that way it still looks like your looking at their eyes :)
GeneralIOJB, you are the one who cannot spell. Idiot. I have high functioning Autism as well, and am often told I am too intelligent :) So you should do your research before you make ignorant comments. Ginnyisdacoolest, I know how you feel with the eye contact issue, highly difficult. And my thoughts just race all the time it is like they never stop, and I seem to have mutiple obsessions, spending hours just researching all sorts of different things.
hi, idont mean to point out any quirks or anything, my question is wholly out of curiosity!
anyway, im wondering why most aspie's tend to look at their sides when talking? like looking to the side every other second? my sister has mild autism, she cannot speak but she has larger vocabulary than sever autistic kids.. she does this thing with her eyes as well, but more than you do, is it just a habit or you cannot control it?
@gasmbay That's fine to ask. Lots of people with Aspergers and autism feel uncomfortable making eye contact with people. Some just look at people's mouths, some even shut their eyes and some just look to the side. At the time I made this video, I found it very difficult to maintain eye-contact - what you're seeing here is actually a lot more than I could normally manage, as I wasn't actually looking at a person, I was looking at a camera.
@ginnyisdacoolest No such thing as having a high IQ at a certain age, IQ is static and doesn't change. I can tell you're just another kid self diagnosing Aspergers because you think you're naturally more intelligent than everyone else. You problaby think you relate with the social inabilities to form longterm relationships in Aspergers, when in reality its your overly self absorbed personality that would immediately put you off from people. ,
@ChuckinCho Someone has already pointed out to me the mistake I made about IQ. What I meant to say was that I was still of above intelligence.
If you'd watch my other videos you would know that I'm not 'just another kid self-diagnosing', unless you count going to a specialist, having an evaluation and getting an official diagnosis 'self-diagnosis'.
You are remarkably ignorant and narrow-minded to think that you can judge my entire life on a 6 min 44 sec clip.
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@ginnyisdacoolest Hans Asperger didn't really discoverer a developemental syndrome. He simply described people who are extremely narcisistic and socially retarded. Which is basically almost every teenager on the internet and it's wonder they are now claiming they have it . Theres no proof Aspergers Syndrome even exists and its starting to be mocked by the proffesionals in the psychological communtity. Even to the point of being called ASS BURGERS.
@ChuckinCho Do you have aspergers? If not, then why do you think you know more about a condition than the people who actually have it?
If the proof of Aspergers is so flaky, and it's getting 'mocked' then why have the many follow-ups I've had over the years still yielded the diagnosis of 'Aspergers syndrome' not 'extremely narcisistic and socially retarded'? And no, it's not just one doctor because I've moved houses several times since I was diagnosed.
@ChuckinCho How many people with Aspergers do you know? I mean really know, not just judged based on a 6:44 video and a couple of comments. I'm guessing not many, because if you did then you would know that there are all kinds of different personalities within Aspergers. Saying that we're all 'extremely narcisistic and social retarded' is a disgusting generalisation.
Oh and the 'ass-burgers' joke? I've heard it before. Mostly from the mouths of immature teenagers. Hmm...
@ChuckinCho WoW.. I work with an adult with Aspergers in a group home and your right if you want to reduce the disorder to the absolute simplest description possible then "extremely narcisistic and socially retarded" your right. on the other side your completely wrong. A normal teen is extremely socially aware almost obsessively aware. As with narcissism, every health person is to some degree narcisistic but with aspergers its extreme a disconnect w/ normal social reactions and very pronounced.
@ChuckinCho Narcissism has nothing to do with Asperger's Syndrome. There is no more proof autism exists than AS. In medicine in general, defining disorders based on outward clinical presentation precedes a pathological definition due to the fact that we have only recently developed the tools to observe the pathology of many disorders. The brain is the final frontier of pathological definitions because it's difficult to probe with existing technology.
What Do You Know About Aspergers Syndrome? What you wrote was nothing more then your stupid opinion obviously. I mean c'mon...ass burgers? Are you 10? The opposite of reliable information is what you have to offer. Support any of what you wrote with facts other then saying that it is called 'ass burgers'. What an idiot.
@foodgrin obviously she knows a lot about aspergers since uh.. she has it 8-).. is she 10 no? but in this i would say no more than a couple of years off 10, she is a child.. leave her alone :S
@ChuckinCho And IQ is not static and does change. IQ stands for intelligence quotient. It is SCORE calculated from a set of tests. Perhaps you meant to say that one's intellectual ability does not change with age, however even that would be incorrect. What does not change is ones principal intellectual potential. The full intellectual potential you have by grace of genetics. How much of that potential is realized that depends on environmental factors.
It's a good question. There are two reasons as I see it. First and foremost, most of us have problem with eye contact - I know I have. And second, we tend to "gaze into the distance", or look like we daydream, when thinking about something.
--ChuckinCho it seems like you really want to get rid of Aspergers label and tell those who had been diagnosed to just act normal. I dare you to work with people with this disorder and set them straight. Until you actually do that you really have no place commenting. Oh and NEWS FLASH people who have ASD dont choose to be or want to be. While your out there helping the community as apposed to being a terrorist on youtube tell all those people with ADHD to just slow down.
People truly afflicted with autism spend a great deal of their day in complete turmoil, mentally locked into their own world. Words are confusing to them, even mild sounds can be painful to them. Supposedly "high functioning" people like this make it incredibly difficult for those dealing with the problems of real autism. We would be thrilled if our autistic child could put a sentence together at all. The real face of autism is MUCH worse: Like "Rain Man" with no humor and 10 times the stress.
You are such a sweet, pretty, intelligent girl! I wish there was a way I could have my son write to you... He was just diagnosed with PDD-NOS and has been having a hard time dealing with it all...
its been a long time since i watched this video. do you know how you became so...how you came to be in a situation where people percieve you as "normal" from the childhood you talked about where you wore two hats all the time because of the noise? i dont remember being that obviously aspie, but from what i can tell, you are now closer to "normal" than me. i guess i feel like i could learn stuff from you.
this is very interesting. Thank you for this video. This gives me some great insight into aspergers and austism. Kids with aspergers and autism are much more sensitive. This is why they learn at such a high pace. This is also why they are so distracted. They're taking in a lot. It's a gift and a curse. I think kids with austism/aspergers can be so beautiful. Also, most average kids are cheated. They can learn so much more at a younger age with proper exposure. Environment plays a big factor.
I kept going and invented internal controls, then I created a new cosmology and that made my mind expand to the fastest largest capacity ever born on Earth. Because I was 3 times stronger than normal I crushed those who fear genius. We live in the dumming down world. Everyone brilliant one is tied to the fiction of the evil genius image, yet in fact we are the saviors, the only ones that can solve the worlds problems which the past primitive mind created for us. First bird out of the trees gets.
If you have HFA and totally introverting into the inner world of mathematics. So to get away from the problem of not being able to understand people in social situations ( being on the same wavelength).
As human beings we have the desire to be with people and form circles of friends.
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Mine is high too (not that high:) but I'm with you! Sometimes I wonder WHERE all this intelligence is in my brain because it certainly doesn't express itself in any useful way LoL
Yeah, I throw in 'interesting' stuff into conversations but.... most of the time I'm vegitating in front of cartoons or video games. (its not cute anymore at twenty-three) :(
I hear you, I'm 28 and I still don't drive! Definitely not cute anymore - in fact, I'm trying to whip myself into shape on the driving thing because my son is a toddler right now - I have time to fix it before he starts school.
I don't want to embarrass him in school because his mommy is autistic and doesn't even know how to drive - you know what I mean? :(
I cannot drive, thouhg that has more to do with external circumstances than any personal defect (allot of bullshit with my family, money and a decaying economy).
I understand what you mean about the embarrassment though, everyone (especially the corrupt and lazy city workers) assumes I should just be able to go wherever to fill out forms and file demands.
You say you can pass as normal. Well apparently I cant. I had a teacher once tell my father, that by just looking at me she can tell I have some kind of learning disorder. So apparently just by the way I look people can tell i am different.
This is really interesting. I was never thought to be a genius but when I was 13/14 I tested extremely high for someone my age, and now other people have pretty much caught up with me and I'm just regular smart. I don't know how common this is for ASD people in general but I've heard of it happening. It was actually kind of weird because I couldn't even talk to other kids.
People with HFA/ASPERGER'S exhbit Superior Fluid Intelligence.
Neuroimaging has revealed unique Prefrontal and Parietal activation patterns in individuals with HFA/Asperger's syndrome. However, there are also neurotypical individuals who exhibit excellent fluid skills. High Level Problem solving ability is a bit different than IQ, in the sense that it relies on a suite of Executive skills and the integration/evaluation functions of the DLPFC AND RLPFC.
The average HFA/Aspie scores 40-50 percentile points higher on tests of fluid intelligence (Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices). Therefore, IQ estimates from Conventional IQ Tests (WAIS/Stanford Binet/WJ ect.), grossly underestimate Autistic intelligence. It is becoming apparent that there are dissociative types of brains, which may show superior fluid skills (at least through some developmental stage), in spite of of deficits in crystallized (what conventional IQ tests measure) abilities.
My definition of normal is one who is adapted to their surroundings. These people find everything they know and have grown up around to believe in their eyes as "normal", how it should be. Placing them outside of their environment then makes it not "normal", how it should not be. Therefore, everything is normal, only if you are comfortable. It's a feeling, it's comfort. That is what normal is. Comfort, sense, environment, it's what you think is right. If I make sense.
my lil bro got autism hes 7 and he has the best reading and math skills in his class and hes the best player on his football team only problem is he cant talk good
Horrible this view of hers that a highly skilled autist ought to do only math! That is cruel, unhuman, in a word: TORTURE! One ought not be allowed go free while putting others to such a role! It is worse that beating up the persons...
I see where you coming from koala but some people really do exhibit bizarre traits and the only logical explanation is some form of mild autism. Ever since I was a kid I've had a compulsion for balancing things so if someone punches me in 1 leg I have to punch myself in the other leg to balance out the sensation. When poker chips are stacked unevenly I have to make new piles so each pile is an even height and it drives me mad when I've 1 chip too many and cant balance the piles.
Haha you don't believe in aspergers do you not? Theres ways to prove these things. Look at this video
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I got diagnosed with high functioning autism by accident when I went in for an ADD test and I don't know if I really believe that I have it but it would certainly explain alot. I'm gonna go in for an EEG test some day so I can get a proper incontravertible diagnosis.
Being a NT is BORRRING I have always wanted to be myself. I have been told that I am just me. Shouldn't everyone be just themselves. I know I am going to be young no matter how old I am. I am proud to be different!
I know that I have been diagnosed with AS, but it was kept from me. Although the doctors did have numerous testings and screenings on me, they even used an MRI scan that they have used on pro athletes after they have a concussion. It was when I was 17 when I was aware of AS, although I was diagnosed at age 11-12.
WoW! you articulated exactly how I grew up as well! Sadly, my social problems growing up were just classified as creepy. The learning slowdown also happened with me as well.
hi i have a AS thanks for uploading your video. i was suprised too when you sed you had as. you speak so well. I thought you were just intrested in the subject
Ginny has a lovely Oxford accent. She's from a gorgeous part of the United Kingdom, her accent or 'the way she speaks' is seen here in the UK (by most) lovely and very articulated.
Now mind you a lot more is proven scientifically to help those with autism than aspergers, but certainly those with aspergers are capable of learning and they should learn to be more social.
Not because those who are anti-social are to be stamped out so much as those who want to be social or at least have good relationships, but don't know how by conditioning can have a higher quality of life if only others would bother to help.
You're a very thoughtful young lady for posting this video. (I've never been sure if i had asperger's, narcissim or a combination of both.) Either way i seem to have lots of social problems, the same kind you have.
Thanks for your video! I've recently discovered my own Aspergers in my 30s (very late!) but my learning path since childhood felt very similar to what you describe.
I've been developing coping skills all these years without even knowing what exactly I was coping with!
You seem like a very wise and charming person, thanks again for your thoughts :)
I also have other problems i pull my hair out and i have being clean problems i never wear clothes twice a day they have 2 be washed straight after ive had them on .. the littlest smell or mark- in the wash haha but i cant help that i dont see it a problem! my room is very clean aswell.. Every time i have a shower i have to clean the bath.. well may be interesting 2 you.. x
I'm high functioning Autistic, I was diagnosed just last year.. I had to come out of school because i took so ill and couldnt cope with people at school, well i was bullied i didn't have much friends so.... anyway ..
I too learnt quickly to begin with, although maybe not as quickly as you. I could read while I was still in a pram and I have a good vocabulary, although I tend not to use it in normal speech. I was seen as a bright child, but the learning just seemed to slow right down.
I get a preview of how I would have been, had my parents stayed together and had I gone to the school I passed a scholarship for, instead of following my only friend the local! Meh. I'm glad to have had friendships in passing, though i'm an academic, an artist, a pianist, that's about it. Think I am digressing in terms of need to socialise, glad your improving. J.
and getting round the arbitrary quantity here .... to continue my comment ...
the relationships that can be seen in maths only exist because human neurology allows them too. Numbers are but one way of seeing or constructing this rather strange world, only part of which we are capable of perceiving, and much less of it that can be understood.
Limitations and all that Gödel and his therems etc ... never mind good old Bishop Berkeley.
Ever read Lakoff and his thery as to where mathematics comes from, not good news if you are a platonist :( The mathematicians hate him, but then neurologically speaking they cannot help that you see Descartes might have thought he existed because he thought, but actually he thought because he existed ...
diagnosed with..bipolar..ocd..borderline personality..schizoaffective..schizophrenia..panic anxiety..clinical depression..stress onset tourette's syndrome..disassociative identity..etc..suffer from symptoms of all of them..have none of those disorders..have h-f autism..cope magnificently..do not sleep..read and write forwards and backwards perfectly..I respect your courage but one thing..next time you record a video..annihilate the item that makes that noise in your background..God Bless..Mike..
What background noise??? sorry, I don't have aspergers or autism or anything, but my daughter would probably catch whatever noise you are talking about. She hears EVERYTHING as well as NOTHING.
I am glad I found this video. As one diagnosed with high-functioning autism I have also felt glad to pass as an NT. I feel akin to an ambassador from an alien planet visiting Earth. I can pass as a Terran but when I get really close to someone I have no qualms telling them of my true nature.
Well done for making this video. I was dxd A.S. very late in life. A genius is such a strange concept but I also think there are more of them about than we might think. Above genius is greatness and I think greatness is something to do with comprehending Humanity. There have been many great people who were not geniuses - which is a reassuring thought.
I cant add up numbers well i have to look at my fingers and I cant write properly I have a big problem with rules but i play the piano the guitar the violin im also photo memmmory artist and i used to make a picture face figure out of every thing i saw since i was 4
Thanks for sharing your life experience... I can tell that you are very smarter than myself 'case I´ve never realized that I took the very same way in my life: someday I knew that math and computers would never fulfill a complete life. Than I started to look for people, and try to figure out was they are. Now I´m almost NT, for others eyes of course, just a very clever man. But now too I look to my different approach as an advantage tofeel the world, my own way of feeling. I´m happy to be me.tks
I have a 5 yr old son who is high functioning Aspergers. I hope you keep making videos. I really enjoyed your comments in this video and take great encourgment from what you said here. Subscribed. Thank you.
"Secondly, however, their vampire, their talent,grudges them as a rule that squandering of force which one calls passion. If one has a talent, one is also its victim: one lives under the vampirism of one's talent."
U better prepare for ur adulthood, then u will face ur autistic problems, I have asperger and im quite social as well but that doesnt mean people see me as 100% normal. ur still in puberty and thats were kids act different and people accept that but when ur adult they want u to fit in.
I think the 'problems' will vary between different people and the environment they'll live and work in. For example, where I'm based in the media industry, I've worked alongside many different characters (some of whom most likely would have been labelled 'not normal' or 'weird' in terms of personality and even dress sense), however, they seem to be accepted by other colleagues in my eyes and we've got on just fine. Just my humble opinions though.
IQ IS a quotient... Mental Age/Chronological Age*100, so someone learning at an average rate will maintain the same IQ pretty much, so the theory goes.
ANYWAY, ginnyisdacoolest your experience parallels mine! I did GREAT up until perhaps 7, and then noticed others starting to approach me around 10.
If only the social aspect and some other things were better, and they gave you more space here! 8-( Anyway, some that do REALLY WELL in their interests ARE happy! Don't feel TOO sorry.
This video describes exactly how I feel. I don't want to keep commenting on your videos in case it becomes an 'overload' for you, but I think you have handled the condition exceptionally well, perhaps in part this is because of the way your parents have supported you and because of the age we live in - who knows?! I am just glad that there is someone out there who can describe the way aspies feel in such an open way without turning it in to some kind of melodrama!
I watched this with my student/friend, who is a 10 year old aspie girl. She doesn't have a Youtube account, but wanted to comment. She's typing now:
Hi Ginny, It's cool to find someone that I can relate to so much. I too have had "weird" behaviors and "accelerated" learning. Thanks for the great vlog.
Firstly, you have such maturity and insight for your years! Secondly, embrace your talents and obsessions, they are what will set you apart and to some extent what will shape the future. Always remember to interrogate what passes as 'normal' (as I'm sure you're well on your way to doing) ;)
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Aspergers is NORMAL. Some people are happy at not socializing and just focusing on their work.. Females are more inclined to be happy to "FIT IN". don't use the term normal for happiness.what makes you happy doesn't make other happy and vice versa. take is from an aspie whois 56, recently diagnosed and lived my whole life trying to be an NT, I am excellent at faking it, but it does not make me happy. It takes all my energy.Social butterfly is not a high priority for me.
Great point. AS is a difficult one, because it gets less sympathy than other 'illnesses'. No-one would tell a person with Parkinson's to stop shaking!! How daft would that be?! I think part of the 'disabling' nature of AS is due to a lack of understanding and acceptance from NTs.
I totally agree. When I told some people last year that i had aspergers... they looked at me as if I had incurable TB. I thought, WELL, now I can tell who my real friends are/were ;)
Exactly. People say that AS sufferers lack empathy, yet NTs show no empathy themselves when it comes to understanding AS! Self acceptance is the key to success, never blame yourself for social failings, and don't be afraid to challenge ignorant people.
oh yes... not all NTs but most...They are ignorant about Aspergers. And when presented with a different operating system , they blow a fuse. Its like a pc not being able to accept a MAC OS.
I think what's annoying is when people think that because you have aspergers, you aren't "autistic-enough" to talk about autism. Well, I'm sorry that I was born aspie! It's really arrogant when people do that because instead of trying to learn from someone elses expieriences, they just shut you out because you don't expierience it in a more severe nature. Even when you talk about your friends who have Kanners Syndrome, they just don't want to believe that there's hope without cure.
Yup and do you know why? Those parents are in denial, lack education, and want to blame. They will find excuses for everything. Many of these NT parents have major disorders and they are not dealing with them, themselves. There is nothing to cure about aspies... :) I agree they don't want to learn from experienced people or educated people or successful people..they want pity and use autism as an excuse or vaccines ..its about themselves, not aspies or auties . I see the common thread.
At 56 and just recently diagnosed with aspergesr.. my husband said I should receive an academy award for passing as an NT...but that is not normal.... Social skills for NT i just learning the NT' language..It is difficult to perform as an NT and takes lot of energy I could use on solving problems and doing work. I am proud I can fake being an NT but does that make one happy? Happiness is the key not pretending to be an NT
Math geniuses, music geniuses, art geniuses, and many more categories. Even alternate perceptions could be a study. We aspies aren't always well-rounded. We excel in one category but usually everything else is over our heads. -good video
I think at some point in development, it's the interpersonal relationships that befuddle the mind. Of course, for those who could be content in isolation, the mind has incredible potential, but the human condition consumes the rest of us.
Please don't ever land in the trap that says - BLEND CONFORM DO NOT STAND OUT.... that way lies madness. You may "pass" now...but "passing" of all sorts - is not really living true...Don't be afraid to be yourself, with all that entails.
Oh, by all means, I would never tell someone they must not stand out and that they must always conform. If 'passing for normal' doesn't make someone happy, and is a struggle, then they shouldn't do it.
here we disagree again.... I consider being an Aspie Normal. :) Fortunately aspies are brighter than nts and Many of us choose to make NT's feel comfortable by speaking their language. As for a struggle, social things are a struggle for even NTs at times. Its just more so for Aspies... I do it because it makes NTs feel more receptive because they are not well educated on aspergers. We all make choices but Being an Aspie is normal. very normal
Having Asperger's isn't "very normal." I don't think it means we're inferior, but we are different. We are the minority, which makes us the abnormal party, although it's much in the same sense that an asian is abnormal in the US. To try to believe that you are normal and everyone else is abnormal is a ridiculous state of mind.
what is normal? Minority does not mean we are not normal. :) I never stated NTs are abnormal. I treat people as individuals. I dont' treat blue eyed people better than brown or green eyed... etc..
well i guess i look at it a little differently than eye color because special consideration needs to be taken when interacting with us. For example, if you have a long-term gf/bf, it's best to tell them about AS so they understand some of the things you do. However, if you wear colored contacts, it's not imperative that you reveal your natural eye color.
what special considerations? I do well.. I had 12 yrs of theatre training. Allowed me to speak and act NT... NTs can do the same... I went half way to learn to work with them, they can do the same for an aspie. They need to learn to socialize with us as well.. its not one sided.
special considerations such as the way we perceive things and how we can't pick up on social cues as well, things like that. It's not about being able to pretend to be NT, it's the way your mind actually works.
Personally I can fool the best of psychologists and psychiatrists. And when I was young like you, I thought I was being natural and it was easy...but as you get older and energy is at a premium, one often finds what they thought was natural when they were young, was really an effort.
Sweetheart, as a mother of a 4 year old boy with HF Autism, you give me such hope. To hear you talk so eloquently and with such conviction about your thoughts. Gosh I hope my Son is just like you one day. Forget the BS with being a genius, I want him to think for himself, just like you. Thank you!
I have high functioning autism and bipolar I get A A A B on my report card im good at multiplication and i'm a good reader and a good speller and im good at pronouncing hard words. but its a challenge for me though every day
erica12778 1 month ago
Damn it! All the people whom on this docutmentry all seem very good at maths and have High-Functioning Autism! FML! am i the only person with high-functioning autism and seems to suck really bad at math?! -.-
lolliepopsyum 2 months ago
Dont apologise for being your self. Society of today says you whould, but we know who we are.
account2258 3 months ago
i have autism too, my is high functioning autism.
Kyuuqsoft 4 months ago
I have As
666starryeyes 5 months ago
AUTISM IS SEXY!!
LorrdFfuzyLogik 6 months ago
@LorrdFfuzyLogik I was thirteen, pedobear.
ginnyisdacoolest 6 months ago 5
@ginnyisdacoolest I'm sorry about that stupid comment. A friend of mine was using my PC and he was browsing through some videos on YouTube, and I wasn't in the room at the time so I didn't know what he was doing. So I apologise on his behalf. I linked him to this video of yours because I was recently diagnosed with HFA, so I have been doing some online research about the topic.
LorrdFfuzyLogik 6 months ago
Lol, i get the weird person look all the time.e
mtbers 9 months ago
I have AS. And i do attend to find some things tricky to understand sometimes and difficult words of what most people uselly say.
MrAngryTV1 11 months ago
i dont get why people are offended by the term high functioning autism, thats what i might have . and im not offended.
coldplaylouise 11 months ago
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wirelessboiler 11 months ago
i have asperger's. do you have asperger's or HFA? im 12 now. i wish my mother was like you because you are understanding with stuff but she never called me special or amazing or anything. and when i see some vids of the mothers interviewing the kid i wanna slit my throat. well... if you could reply aleast i would have someone to talk to...
Grantofglyn 1 year ago
I think "high functioning" as you call it is just a localized group of symptoms that are generally unacceptable in society. Since the way people function and react can be passed down genetically through specific traits, do you think people should categorize them and label the people who have them? If so, when should it stop?The end of this way of thinking is that everyone has disorders and we most either know when to stop trying to correct them or continue trying to "perfect" human kind. The sp
adamisgnosis 1 year ago
your smart i cant even go on youtube and make a video i wouldent know what to say cause i have autism
torrentcompany 1 year ago
i have autism i suck at math
torrentcompany 1 year ago
How old are you? I'm just speechless.
hawwwiw 1 year ago
@hawwwiw I was 13 at the time.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
@ginnyisdacoolest Seriously. That's just awesome. I felt like a little child after watching this video.
hawwwiw 1 year ago
which is quite weird. I still see patterns in things, am very awkward in social situations. I suppose with maturity 1 kinda learns ways 2 cope. Considering I've worked in industries where use & knowledge of social etiquette is essential, I've somehow managed 2 get by using; 'Mirroring'. I found that people feel a little more at ease if they recognize some of themselves in u, if that makes any sense.
Hey, enough chatter lol Just wanted 2 say it was nice watching & listening 2 ur vid.
Take care
cliobaby 1 year ago
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cliobaby 1 year ago
university, graduated with Honors. I find it very hard to understand certain kinds of jokes, innuendos. I find it hard to interpret facial expressions and body language and in doing so often end up boring people around me to tears or people start looking at me like am 'weird'....As I have grown up I find that the signs and symptoms have changed or evolved if u like. As a teenager I was more eloquent verbally, but as I have matured my speech is not as fluent, rather my writing has improved lol
cliobaby 1 year ago
I chuckled in response, "they put the questions in the same place. The least they could have done was change the order". U see as it was from the year before I had memorised the outlay of the question and answers, because I funnily enough enjoyed taking the test, so I barely read the questions before knowing where to circle the answer. .. If asked about a certain topic I could tell u the page number and paragraph where you would find it in the book. I went to college, did well, went to
cliobaby 1 year ago
did not feel comfortable answering it I still would because I did not know how to lie or think fast enough to think up another answer. Ofcourse this made me an easy person to pick on. And pick they did. For 12 yrs in the same school and never really made any friends. I had an amazing memory and was on the Honor Roll all throughout High School. I 'Aced' an IQ test given to us in 8th Grade purely because I remembered the questions from the IQ test the year before. When asked how I felt Id done
cliobaby 1 year ago
went away for awhile and when they came back they didn't see me. They went crazy looking round the flat and outside to only find me running. I saw patterns in everything I did, even walking on the road has patterns that repeat themselves than not many people notice daily....Anyways, I never fitted in much with the kids because I found it hard to respond to many social behaviours that most kids wouldn't find hard to know what to do. e.g. someone would ask me a personal question but even though I
cliobaby 1 year ago
to have it, I am glad to finally be able to make sense of the mad world around me.
I was born premature, my speech development was very slow for a child my age..but I could read a book in my mind, but couldn't read it out loud fluently hence had to attend special help classes in my primary school. I never crawled as a child, my mom being a nurse had me checked out by the best physicians but was told there was nothing wrong with my legs. One day my parents left me on the floor in the lounge and
cliobaby 1 year ago
A very Introspective blog...Thanx for ur honest opinions. I have to say that for someone with Aspergers you definately have come very far with learning social skills =) I can see that just by watching how u presented yourself in the video.
I have only recently found out that I am a HFA. I am an Adult now and have to say am so relieved to finally be able to connect the dots to make sense of my life experiences, childhood misadventures, never fitting in...Although I would have preferred not
cliobaby 1 year ago
no need to feel sorry for them. nor envy them. each person is much more than what he or she seems to be. look, if nobody knew that those little einsteins were little einsteins, could they treat them differently, if they see them around town, because of the way they behave? They have participated on a tv documentary, ok, but how many watched it? The biggest stranger is the one who live in ourselves. And it is the construction we make of the eye of the other. deep down, it's our own eye.
limafilho27 1 year ago
@limafilho27 Have you ever heard of John Green? Because your message there sounds very similar to one made in one of his books. I agree wholeheartedly - you only ever see a tiny fraction of anyone as a whole. Please keep in mind I was 13 when I made this, and have had a lot more time to think about it.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
@chuckincho i am actually speechless, you have no idea what its like to have aspergers, usually im not too worried about ignorant twats like you, but i take this personally, to have someone come along, who doesnt have any personal experiance with aspergers, and try and say that something that has affected my life, and many others is non existant? that we are just making it up? you have no idea what its like, and you never will.
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My mate has a son who is autarded;its hideous, with a massive bulbous head,wide staring eyes,stinks of piss and shit and runs round the house on its tip toes making shrieking noises;its an obscene repulsive freak., that can only be cured by our lord Jesus:Adolf Hitler
SilasHorrocks 1 year ago
I was just gonna let you know i have high functioning autism
Tennisrox0017 1 year ago
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. These disorders are usually first diagnosed in early childhood and range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome. They also include two rare disorders, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder.
National Institute of Mental Health
TheHardJohnny 1 year ago
clever video, was interesting to hear your thoughts, and with the eye contact thing someone else said, i find it really hard to keep i contact but what i find helps is either looking like a their mouths or the space between the eyes, because that way it still looks like your looking at their eyes :)
oscarmills 1 year ago
GeneralIOJB, you are the one who cannot spell. Idiot. I have high functioning Autism as well, and am often told I am too intelligent :) So you should do your research before you make ignorant comments. Ginnyisdacoolest, I know how you feel with the eye contact issue, highly difficult. And my thoughts just race all the time it is like they never stop, and I seem to have mutiple obsessions, spending hours just researching all sorts of different things.
xAllie88x 1 year ago
hi, idont mean to point out any quirks or anything, my question is wholly out of curiosity!
anyway, im wondering why most aspie's tend to look at their sides when talking? like looking to the side every other second? my sister has mild autism, she cannot speak but she has larger vocabulary than sever autistic kids.. she does this thing with her eyes as well, but more than you do, is it just a habit or you cannot control it?
gasmbay 1 year ago
@gasmbay That's fine to ask. Lots of people with Aspergers and autism feel uncomfortable making eye contact with people. Some just look at people's mouths, some even shut their eyes and some just look to the side. At the time I made this video, I found it very difficult to maintain eye-contact - what you're seeing here is actually a lot more than I could normally manage, as I wasn't actually looking at a person, I was looking at a camera.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
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ChuckinCho 1 year ago
@ginnyisdacoolest No such thing as having a high IQ at a certain age, IQ is static and doesn't change. I can tell you're just another kid self diagnosing Aspergers because you think you're naturally more intelligent than everyone else. You problaby think you relate with the social inabilities to form longterm relationships in Aspergers, when in reality its your overly self absorbed personality that would immediately put you off from people. ,
ChuckinCho 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho Someone has already pointed out to me the mistake I made about IQ. What I meant to say was that I was still of above intelligence.
If you'd watch my other videos you would know that I'm not 'just another kid self-diagnosing', unless you count going to a specialist, having an evaluation and getting an official diagnosis 'self-diagnosis'.
You are remarkably ignorant and narrow-minded to think that you can judge my entire life on a 6 min 44 sec clip.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
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@ginnyisdacoolest Hans Asperger didn't really discoverer a developemental syndrome. He simply described people who are extremely narcisistic and socially retarded. Which is basically almost every teenager on the internet and it's wonder they are now claiming they have it . Theres no proof Aspergers Syndrome even exists and its starting to be mocked by the proffesionals in the psychological communtity. Even to the point of being called ASS BURGERS.
ChuckinCho 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho Do you have aspergers? If not, then why do you think you know more about a condition than the people who actually have it?
If the proof of Aspergers is so flaky, and it's getting 'mocked' then why have the many follow-ups I've had over the years still yielded the diagnosis of 'Aspergers syndrome' not 'extremely narcisistic and socially retarded'? And no, it's not just one doctor because I've moved houses several times since I was diagnosed.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago 2
@ChuckinCho How many people with Aspergers do you know? I mean really know, not just judged based on a 6:44 video and a couple of comments. I'm guessing not many, because if you did then you would know that there are all kinds of different personalities within Aspergers. Saying that we're all 'extremely narcisistic and social retarded' is a disgusting generalisation.
Oh and the 'ass-burgers' joke? I've heard it before. Mostly from the mouths of immature teenagers. Hmm...
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago 11
@ginnyisdacoolest
IAWTC.
Also, I'm pretty sure Ass-burgers is mostly used on Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. Look out, it's a Troll!
It feeds on your comments, and mild irritation!
TheAquapunk 1 year ago
@ginnyisdacoolest i know also so right!
Grantofglyn 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho WoW.. I work with an adult with Aspergers in a group home and your right if you want to reduce the disorder to the absolute simplest description possible then "extremely narcisistic and socially retarded" your right. on the other side your completely wrong. A normal teen is extremely socially aware almost obsessively aware. As with narcissism, every health person is to some degree narcisistic but with aspergers its extreme a disconnect w/ normal social reactions and very pronounced.
TheHardJohnny 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho Narcissism has nothing to do with Asperger's Syndrome. There is no more proof autism exists than AS. In medicine in general, defining disorders based on outward clinical presentation precedes a pathological definition due to the fact that we have only recently developed the tools to observe the pathology of many disorders. The brain is the final frontier of pathological definitions because it's difficult to probe with existing technology.
SepherStar 1 year ago
What Do You Know About Aspergers Syndrome? What you wrote was nothing more then your stupid opinion obviously. I mean c'mon...ass burgers? Are you 10? The opposite of reliable information is what you have to offer. Support any of what you wrote with facts other then saying that it is called 'ass burgers'. What an idiot.
foodgrin 1 year ago
@foodgrin obviously she knows a lot about aspergers since uh.. she has it 8-).. is she 10 no? but in this i would say no more than a couple of years off 10, she is a child.. leave her alone :S
shaynaokane 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho And IQ is not static and does change. IQ stands for intelligence quotient. It is SCORE calculated from a set of tests. Perhaps you meant to say that one's intellectual ability does not change with age, however even that would be incorrect. What does not change is ones principal intellectual potential. The full intellectual potential you have by grace of genetics. How much of that potential is realized that depends on environmental factors.
SepherStar 1 year ago
@gasmbay
It's a good question. There are two reasons as I see it. First and foremost, most of us have problem with eye contact - I know I have. And second, we tend to "gaze into the distance", or look like we daydream, when thinking about something.
ArtificialLifef0rm 1 year ago
Your dumb.
GeneralOJB 1 year ago
@GeneralOJB How ironic, you calling me dumb yet being unable to use simple grammar. It's Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E.
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
@ginnyisdacoolest
Exactly what i'm talking about. This is why your completely fucking stupid.
Fucking Arse Burgers.
Self Centered Faggots.
Go kill yourself.
GeneralOJB 1 year ago
@GeneralOJB Flamers like you make my day :)
ginnyisdacoolest 1 year ago
Yep. Every self absorbed teen on the internet is claiming the have aspergers and were also a childhood genious.
ChuckinCho 1 year ago
@ChuckinCho
--ChuckinCho it seems like you really want to get rid of Aspergers label and tell those who had been diagnosed to just act normal. I dare you to work with people with this disorder and set them straight. Until you actually do that you really have no place commenting. Oh and NEWS FLASH people who have ASD dont choose to be or want to be. While your out there helping the community as apposed to being a terrorist on youtube tell all those people with ADHD to just slow down.
TheHardJohnny 1 year ago 6
@ChuckinCho I know the type you speak of, but there are individuals out there who actually have Asperger's Syndrome.
SepherStar 1 year ago
This video basically summed up me apart from the two-hats issue.
Draje0 1 year ago
People truly afflicted with autism spend a great deal of their day in complete turmoil, mentally locked into their own world. Words are confusing to them, even mild sounds can be painful to them. Supposedly "high functioning" people like this make it incredibly difficult for those dealing with the problems of real autism. We would be thrilled if our autistic child could put a sentence together at all. The real face of autism is MUCH worse: Like "Rain Man" with no humor and 10 times the stress.
NoStreetBs 1 year ago
I feel you, I have aspugurs as well, I am exactly like you, but have different interest.
MultiIPwnage 1 year ago
You are such a sweet, pretty, intelligent girl! I wish there was a way I could have my son write to you... He was just diagnosed with PDD-NOS and has been having a hard time dealing with it all...
franknmag 1 year ago
its been a long time since i watched this video. do you know how you became so...how you came to be in a situation where people percieve you as "normal" from the childhood you talked about where you wore two hats all the time because of the noise? i dont remember being that obviously aspie, but from what i can tell, you are now closer to "normal" than me. i guess i feel like i could learn stuff from you.
thebestwillow 2 years ago
this is very interesting. Thank you for this video. This gives me some great insight into aspergers and austism. Kids with aspergers and autism are much more sensitive. This is why they learn at such a high pace. This is also why they are so distracted. They're taking in a lot. It's a gift and a curse. I think kids with austism/aspergers can be so beautiful. Also, most average kids are cheated. They can learn so much more at a younger age with proper exposure. Environment plays a big factor.
IcarusFlying 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm very high function. I have Aspergers Syndrome.
XZacherZX 2 years ago
I kept going and invented internal controls, then I created a new cosmology and that made my mind expand to the fastest largest capacity ever born on Earth. Because I was 3 times stronger than normal I crushed those who fear genius. We live in the dumming down world. Everyone brilliant one is tied to the fiction of the evil genius image, yet in fact we are the saviors, the only ones that can solve the worlds problems which the past primitive mind created for us. First bird out of the trees gets.
MavroSyvannah 2 years ago
Thank you. I found this really, really informative.
However, are you tired or something? Your eyes make you look like you haven't slept in ages.
guitarrhythymfool 2 years ago
At the time I was having MEGA problems with tiredness - just see my other video 'My Rant'.
ginnyisdacoolest 2 years ago
just watched this, it is sad.
If you have HFA and totally introverting into the inner world of mathematics. So to get away from the problem of not being able to understand people in social situations ( being on the same wavelength).
As human beings we have the desire to be with people and form circles of friends.
this especially aplies to jos
TheSophist2007 2 years ago
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sorri but blah ...
cut it short tbh
u kl tho
wel don
u no d factz itz gud shit
kaz271 2 years ago
i really want to hear what she has to say as im curious on this subject but listening to makes me wana bash my head against a wall.
Djbarns09 2 years ago
What a pity - I'm sure you would have posted such an interesting and worthwhile comment had you been able to watch to the end. What a loss.
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UniqueMJPT 2 years ago
I have an I.Q. of 182 (according to one visual-based I.Q. test) and I'm a veritable moron. 8)
temporaldisplacement 2 years ago
Mine is high too (not that high:) but I'm with you! Sometimes I wonder WHERE all this intelligence is in my brain because it certainly doesn't express itself in any useful way LoL
Aspetta17 2 years ago
Yeah, I throw in 'interesting' stuff into conversations but.... most of the time I'm vegitating in front of cartoons or video games. (its not cute anymore at twenty-three) :(
temporaldisplacement 2 years ago 2
I hear you, I'm 28 and I still don't drive! Definitely not cute anymore - in fact, I'm trying to whip myself into shape on the driving thing because my son is a toddler right now - I have time to fix it before he starts school.
I don't want to embarrass him in school because his mommy is autistic and doesn't even know how to drive - you know what I mean? :(
Aspetta17 2 years ago
Yeah, its not a massivly awesome pridicament is it? :I
temporaldisplacement 2 years ago
I cannot drive, thouhg that has more to do with external circumstances than any personal defect (allot of bullshit with my family, money and a decaying economy).
I understand what you mean about the embarrassment though, everyone (especially the corrupt and lazy city workers) assumes I should just be able to go wherever to fill out forms and file demands.
DChatc 2 years ago
You say you can pass as normal. Well apparently I cant. I had a teacher once tell my father, that by just looking at me she can tell I have some kind of learning disorder. So apparently just by the way I look people can tell i am different.
manz900 2 years ago
This is really interesting. I was never thought to be a genius but when I was 13/14 I tested extremely high for someone my age, and now other people have pretty much caught up with me and I'm just regular smart. I don't know how common this is for ASD people in general but I've heard of it happening. It was actually kind of weird because I couldn't even talk to other kids.
gorramdoll 2 years ago 2
Wow, I didn't pick you as having Asperger's. You do seem smart though.
Davotheledge 2 years ago
People with HFA/ASPERGER'S exhbit Superior Fluid Intelligence.
Neuroimaging has revealed unique Prefrontal and Parietal activation patterns in individuals with HFA/Asperger's syndrome. However, there are also neurotypical individuals who exhibit excellent fluid skills. High Level Problem solving ability is a bit different than IQ, in the sense that it relies on a suite of Executive skills and the integration/evaluation functions of the DLPFC AND RLPFC.
zadeh79 2 years ago
The average HFA/Aspie scores 40-50 percentile points higher on tests of fluid intelligence (Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices). Therefore, IQ estimates from Conventional IQ Tests (WAIS/Stanford Binet/WJ ect.), grossly underestimate Autistic intelligence. It is becoming apparent that there are dissociative types of brains, which may show superior fluid skills (at least through some developmental stage), in spite of of deficits in crystallized (what conventional IQ tests measure) abilities.
zadeh79 2 years ago
This performance discrepency is well documented in Aspies (and occasionally in other people). Do a search for 'Asperger's Fluid Intelligence' .
Also Fluid intelligence is quite trainable up until the age of about 24. Most people hit their peak at 20 years of age.
zadeh79 2 years ago
I think you are a very interesting individual. I like you the way you are.
Thank you for your video.
Aislan4414 2 years ago
My definition of normal is one who is adapted to their surroundings. These people find everything they know and have grown up around to believe in their eyes as "normal", how it should be. Placing them outside of their environment then makes it not "normal", how it should not be. Therefore, everything is normal, only if you are comfortable. It's a feeling, it's comfort. That is what normal is. Comfort, sense, environment, it's what you think is right. If I make sense.
NamekianPikkoro7 2 years ago
Great video. It's always nice to hear about someone else's experience with asperger's.
samdavjunjun 2 years ago
Check out Alex Juno, a gifted pianist, talking positively about his Asperger Diagnosis
geraldinemorrow 2 years ago
my lil bro got autism hes 7 and he has the best reading and math skills in his class and hes the best player on his football team only problem is he cant talk good
o0hyphy0o 2 years ago
Horrible this view of hers that a highly skilled autist ought to do only math! That is cruel, unhuman, in a word: TORTURE! One ought not be allowed go free while putting others to such a role! It is worse that beating up the persons...
FinalParadise 2 years ago
I see where you coming from koala but some people really do exhibit bizarre traits and the only logical explanation is some form of mild autism. Ever since I was a kid I've had a compulsion for balancing things so if someone punches me in 1 leg I have to punch myself in the other leg to balance out the sensation. When poker chips are stacked unevenly I have to make new piles so each pile is an even height and it drives me mad when I've 1 chip too many and cant balance the piles.
CrackBadger52 2 years ago
I'm getting aggitated just thinking about uneven piles. Maybe I'm just a weird fucker with an obsession with balancing piles though haha.
CrackBadger52 2 years ago
Haha you don't believe in aspergers do you not? Theres ways to prove these things. Look at this video
v=_8WV1zAh9zU
I got diagnosed with high functioning autism by accident when I went in for an ADD test and I don't know if I really believe that I have it but it would certainly explain alot. I'm gonna go in for an EEG test some day so I can get a proper incontravertible diagnosis.
CrackBadger52 2 years ago
ur a fucking dick you come to luton and we would have some fun!!! mabe ill let you eat the curb just for a laugh.
tim0090 2 years ago
I am exactly the same...
...but 2 hats? I just helt my hands over my ears two hats would of been fucking awesome! lol
Dimbo 2 years ago
interesting, really....you're 14 years old? You speak like u were adulte ,
you think u have iq around 180 ? not bad i would say brilliant, but in my opinion i wont use iq never in my life,.....
kosmos113211 3 years ago
Yea I was thinking the same thing.
CrackBadger52 2 years ago
I never thought anything of an IQ. It's not accurate in telling someone as to their intelligence as a whole, imo.
NamekianPikkoro7 2 years ago
Being a NT is BORRRING I have always wanted to be myself. I have been told that I am just me. Shouldn't everyone be just themselves. I know I am going to be young no matter how old I am. I am proud to be different!
nagaempress 3 years ago
I know that I have been diagnosed with AS, but it was kept from me. Although the doctors did have numerous testings and screenings on me, they even used an MRI scan that they have used on pro athletes after they have a concussion. It was when I was 17 when I was aware of AS, although I was diagnosed at age 11-12.
aspie101 3 years ago
WoW! you articulated exactly how I grew up as well! Sadly, my social problems growing up were just classified as creepy. The learning slowdown also happened with me as well.
Faxxer248 3 years ago
hi i have a AS thanks for uploading your video. i was suprised too when you sed you had as. you speak so well. I thought you were just intrested in the subject
dougiewhite778 3 years ago
i kind of noticed you have asperger because of the way you talk
luanymaiato 3 years ago
You mean my accent? Oh no, that just comes from learning to talk in Oxford!
ginnyisdacoolest 3 years ago
Luanymaiato...
Ginny has a lovely Oxford accent. She's from a gorgeous part of the United Kingdom, her accent or 'the way she speaks' is seen here in the UK (by most) lovely and very articulated.
Thank you for sharing your videos.
Sidley4444 3 years ago
Oh and one more thing.
Peace. I like you Christschool.
I know you may doubt that, but honestly the world needs more critical thinkers like you who care about ASD kind of like this girl does too.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Now mind you a lot more is proven scientifically to help those with autism than aspergers, but certainly those with aspergers are capable of learning and they should learn to be more social.
Not because those who are anti-social are to be stamped out so much as those who want to be social or at least have good relationships, but don't know how by conditioning can have a higher quality of life if only others would bother to help.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
You're a very thoughtful young lady for posting this video. (I've never been sure if i had asperger's, narcissim or a combination of both.) Either way i seem to have lots of social problems, the same kind you have.
CanadaNickciN 3 years ago
Hi Ginny (IS it Ginny?)
Thanks for your video! I've recently discovered my own Aspergers in my 30s (very late!) but my learning path since childhood felt very similar to what you describe.
I've been developing coping skills all these years without even knowing what exactly I was coping with!
You seem like a very wise and charming person, thanks again for your thoughts :)
scottovision 3 years ago
I'm officially diagnosed with HFA, why do some people find the term offencive?
Okay, I don't like the term ether, but how else should I call myself?
GingerAutie 3 years ago
I also have other problems i pull my hair out and i have being clean problems i never wear clothes twice a day they have 2 be washed straight after ive had them on .. the littlest smell or mark- in the wash haha but i cant help that i dont see it a problem! my room is very clean aswell.. Every time i have a shower i have to clean the bath.. well may be interesting 2 you.. x
Bekkiboo001 3 years ago
youve got a form of OCD mate :) me to.
toothlesshooker 3 years ago
I'm high functioning Autistic, I was diagnosed just last year.. I had to come out of school because i took so ill and couldnt cope with people at school, well i was bullied i didn't have much friends so.... anyway ..
Bekkiboo001 3 years ago
Good video :)
I too learnt quickly to begin with, although maybe not as quickly as you. I could read while I was still in a pram and I have a good vocabulary, although I tend not to use it in normal speech. I was seen as a bright child, but the learning just seemed to slow right down.
Tictionary 3 years ago
I agree with a lot of things you said here. I have Asperger's as well, but I'm not quite the stereotypical "super-genius."
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okmijnuhbg 3 years ago
I get a preview of how I would have been, had my parents stayed together and had I gone to the school I passed a scholarship for, instead of following my only friend the local! Meh. I'm glad to have had friendships in passing, though i'm an academic, an artist, a pianist, that's about it. Think I am digressing in terms of need to socialise, glad your improving. J.
jenkins4488 3 years ago
and getting round the arbitrary quantity here .... to continue my comment ...
the relationships that can be seen in maths only exist because human neurology allows them too. Numbers are but one way of seeing or constructing this rather strange world, only part of which we are capable of perceiving, and much less of it that can be understood.
Limitations and all that Gödel and his therems etc ... never mind good old Bishop Berkeley.
inregionecaecorum 3 years ago
Ever read Lakoff and his thery as to where mathematics comes from, not good news if you are a platonist :( The mathematicians hate him, but then neurologically speaking they cannot help that you see Descartes might have thought he existed because he thought, but actually he thought because he existed ...
inregionecaecorum 3 years ago
diagnosed with..bipolar..ocd..borderline personality..schizoaffective..schizophrenia..panic anxiety..clinical depression..stress onset tourette's syndrome..disassociative identity..etc..suffer from symptoms of all of them..have none of those disorders..have h-f autism..cope magnificently..do not sleep..read and write forwards and backwards perfectly..I respect your courage but one thing..next time you record a video..annihilate the item that makes that noise in your background..God Bless..Mike..
krazykritik 3 years ago
What background noise??? sorry, I don't have aspergers or autism or anything, but my daughter would probably catch whatever noise you are talking about. She hears EVERYTHING as well as NOTHING.
zhuriyuk2 3 years ago
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AgentCROCODILE 3 years ago
high functioning autism rocks! i have it too.
thebestwillow 3 years ago
i have aspergers and i love your vids about it. your a really pretty girl too.
confusion66666666666 3 years ago
wanna see amazing things? try autism and computers they can comunicate whatever they whant and do whatever they want with cumputers
titeretambo 3 years ago
Hi:
I am glad I found this video. As one diagnosed with high-functioning autism I have also felt glad to pass as an NT. I feel akin to an ambassador from an alien planet visiting Earth. I can pass as a Terran but when I get really close to someone I have no qualms telling them of my true nature.
fractalconfusion 3 years ago
Well done for making this video. I was dxd A.S. very late in life. A genius is such a strange concept but I also think there are more of them about than we might think. Above genius is greatness and I think greatness is something to do with comprehending Humanity. There have been many great people who were not geniuses - which is a reassuring thought.
autismia 3 years ago
I'm a maths genius and I've got a photogrpahic memory so academically I'm fine. I've got an offer from Cambridge University.
On the flipside I've only ever had one girlfriend and I feel very nervous in large croweds. Sometimes words don't flow properly. I feel weird.
qwertypluss 3 years ago
I cant add up numbers well i have to look at my fingers and I cant write properly I have a big problem with rules but i play the piano the guitar the violin im also photo memmmory artist and i used to make a picture face figure out of every thing i saw since i was 4
Averilli1 3 years ago
hey i got autism high working autism is cool
bradpotter49 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing your life experience... I can tell that you are very smarter than myself 'case I´ve never realized that I took the very same way in my life: someday I knew that math and computers would never fulfill a complete life. Than I started to look for people, and try to figure out was they are. Now I´m almost NT, for others eyes of course, just a very clever man. But now too I look to my different approach as an advantage tofeel the world, my own way of feeling. I´m happy to be me.tks
ericksonlk 3 years ago
I have a 5 yr old son who is high functioning Aspergers. I hope you keep making videos. I really enjoyed your comments in this video and take great encourgment from what you said here. Subscribed. Thank you.
MeekServant 3 years ago
This reminds me of something Nietzsche said:
"Secondly, however, their vampire, their talent,grudges them as a rule that squandering of force which one calls passion. If one has a talent, one is also its victim: one lives under the vampirism of one's talent."
stochastic42 3 years ago
U better prepare for ur adulthood, then u will face ur autistic problems, I have asperger and im quite social as well but that doesnt mean people see me as 100% normal. ur still in puberty and thats were kids act different and people accept that but when ur adult they want u to fit in.
auti87 3 years ago
I think the 'problems' will vary between different people and the environment they'll live and work in. For example, where I'm based in the media industry, I've worked alongside many different characters (some of whom most likely would have been labelled 'not normal' or 'weird' in terms of personality and even dress sense), however, they seem to be accepted by other colleagues in my eyes and we've got on just fine. Just my humble opinions though.
visioncapture 3 years ago
.. although that's not to say we shouldn't continue working on improving ourselves throughout life!
visioncapture 3 years ago
IQ IS a quotient... Mental Age/Chronological Age*100, so someone learning at an average rate will maintain the same IQ pretty much, so the theory goes.
ANYWAY, ginnyisdacoolest your experience parallels mine! I did GREAT up until perhaps 7, and then noticed others starting to approach me around 10.
If only the social aspect and some other things were better, and they gave you more space here! 8-( Anyway, some that do REALLY WELL in their interests ARE happy! Don't feel TOO sorry.
ukkr 3 years ago
This video describes exactly how I feel. I don't want to keep commenting on your videos in case it becomes an 'overload' for you, but I think you have handled the condition exceptionally well, perhaps in part this is because of the way your parents have supported you and because of the age we live in - who knows?! I am just glad that there is someone out there who can describe the way aspies feel in such an open way without turning it in to some kind of melodrama!
pigeonshouse 3 years ago
I watched this with my student/friend, who is a 10 year old aspie girl. She doesn't have a Youtube account, but wanted to comment. She's typing now:
Hi Ginny, It's cool to find someone that I can relate to so much. I too have had "weird" behaviors and "accelerated" learning. Thanks for the great vlog.
Bo0sh 3 years ago
Firstly, you have such maturity and insight for your years! Secondly, embrace your talents and obsessions, they are what will set you apart and to some extent what will shape the future. Always remember to interrogate what passes as 'normal' (as I'm sure you're well on your way to doing) ;)
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Giangrande64 3 years ago
Whoops, previous comment was intended as a reply to thealba about the IQ thing.. =>
Anyways nice video and good points. Life is what you make it, AS or not ;)
Laurenzissimo 3 years ago
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miller7345 4 years ago
Aspergers is NORMAL. Some people are happy at not socializing and just focusing on their work.. Females are more inclined to be happy to "FIT IN". don't use the term normal for happiness.what makes you happy doesn't make other happy and vice versa. take is from an aspie whois 56, recently diagnosed and lived my whole life trying to be an NT, I am excellent at faking it, but it does not make me happy. It takes all my energy.Social butterfly is not a high priority for me.
Yetti0 4 years ago
Great point. AS is a difficult one, because it gets less sympathy than other 'illnesses'. No-one would tell a person with Parkinson's to stop shaking!! How daft would that be?! I think part of the 'disabling' nature of AS is due to a lack of understanding and acceptance from NTs.
doctorgsja 4 years ago
I totally agree. When I told some people last year that i had aspergers... they looked at me as if I had incurable TB. I thought, WELL, now I can tell who my real friends are/were ;)
Yetti0 4 years ago 4
Exactly. People say that AS sufferers lack empathy, yet NTs show no empathy themselves when it comes to understanding AS! Self acceptance is the key to success, never blame yourself for social failings, and don't be afraid to challenge ignorant people.
doctorgsja 4 years ago 3
oh yes... not all NTs but most...They are ignorant about Aspergers. And when presented with a different operating system , they blow a fuse. Its like a pc not being able to accept a MAC OS.
Yetti0 4 years ago 2
I think what's annoying is when people think that because you have aspergers, you aren't "autistic-enough" to talk about autism. Well, I'm sorry that I was born aspie! It's really arrogant when people do that because instead of trying to learn from someone elses expieriences, they just shut you out because you don't expierience it in a more severe nature. Even when you talk about your friends who have Kanners Syndrome, they just don't want to believe that there's hope without cure.
KuraiGaka2 4 years ago 3
Yup and do you know why? Those parents are in denial, lack education, and want to blame. They will find excuses for everything. Many of these NT parents have major disorders and they are not dealing with them, themselves. There is nothing to cure about aspies... :) I agree they don't want to learn from experienced people or educated people or successful people..they want pity and use autism as an excuse or vaccines ..its about themselves, not aspies or auties . I see the common thread.
Yetti0 3 years ago 3
At 56 and just recently diagnosed with aspergesr.. my husband said I should receive an academy award for passing as an NT...but that is not normal.... Social skills for NT i just learning the NT' language..It is difficult to perform as an NT and takes lot of energy I could use on solving problems and doing work. I am proud I can fake being an NT but does that make one happy? Happiness is the key not pretending to be an NT
Yetti0 4 years ago
Your video explains you views very clearly. Dophler also has Aspergers and likes your video.
dophler 4 years ago
Geniuses come in all shapes and forms.
Math geniuses, music geniuses, art geniuses, and many more categories. Even alternate perceptions could be a study. We aspies aren't always well-rounded. We excel in one category but usually everything else is over our heads. -good video
H0D0NKAIN 4 years ago
appearing normal doesn't help since you come across as an asshole no matter wut ur diagnosis is
8bitgrafix 4 years ago
good video, here's a site with many aspergers which is HFA as well. it really helped me and many other aspies. wwdotwrongplanetdotnet
Ostridertje 4 years ago
I think at some point in development, it's the interpersonal relationships that befuddle the mind. Of course, for those who could be content in isolation, the mind has incredible potential, but the human condition consumes the rest of us.
BishopKelt 4 years ago
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Good video.I have aspergers and i would love to do you.
ryanisryan69 4 years ago
Michael Jackson is speculated to have AS... no joke!
1944epiphonedolphin 4 years ago
ooh meant to say 'passing of all sorts' - is detrimental if it mens suppressing yourself...or
CityzenJane 4 years ago 2
Please don't ever land in the trap that says - BLEND CONFORM DO NOT STAND OUT.... that way lies madness. You may "pass" now...but "passing" of all sorts - is not really living true...Don't be afraid to be yourself, with all that entails.
CityzenJane 4 years ago 2
Oh, by all means, I would never tell someone they must not stand out and that they must always conform. If 'passing for normal' doesn't make someone happy, and is a struggle, then they shouldn't do it.
ginnyisdacoolest 4 years ago
here we disagree again.... I consider being an Aspie Normal. :) Fortunately aspies are brighter than nts and Many of us choose to make NT's feel comfortable by speaking their language. As for a struggle, social things are a struggle for even NTs at times. Its just more so for Aspies... I do it because it makes NTs feel more receptive because they are not well educated on aspergers. We all make choices but Being an Aspie is normal. very normal
Yetti0 4 years ago
Having Asperger's isn't "very normal." I don't think it means we're inferior, but we are different. We are the minority, which makes us the abnormal party, although it's much in the same sense that an asian is abnormal in the US. To try to believe that you are normal and everyone else is abnormal is a ridiculous state of mind.
CyRxJustin 3 years ago
what is normal? Minority does not mean we are not normal. :) I never stated NTs are abnormal. I treat people as individuals. I dont' treat blue eyed people better than brown or green eyed... etc..
Yetti0 3 years ago
well i guess i look at it a little differently than eye color because special consideration needs to be taken when interacting with us. For example, if you have a long-term gf/bf, it's best to tell them about AS so they understand some of the things you do. However, if you wear colored contacts, it's not imperative that you reveal your natural eye color.
CyRxJustin 3 years ago
what special considerations? I do well.. I had 12 yrs of theatre training. Allowed me to speak and act NT... NTs can do the same... I went half way to learn to work with them, they can do the same for an aspie. They need to learn to socialize with us as well.. its not one sided.
Yetti0 3 years ago
special considerations such as the way we perceive things and how we can't pick up on social cues as well, things like that. It's not about being able to pretend to be NT, it's the way your mind actually works.
CyRxJustin 3 years ago 2
I learned to speak NT social cues.... Bout time NTs learn our cues, too... Tit for Tat as they say
Yetti0 3 years ago 2
Personally I can fool the best of psychologists and psychiatrists. And when I was young like you, I thought I was being natural and it was easy...but as you get older and energy is at a premium, one often finds what they thought was natural when they were young, was really an effort.
Yetti0 4 years ago
Pretty hot girl.
qweqwe12345789 4 years ago
Sweetheart, as a mother of a 4 year old boy with HF Autism, you give me such hope. To hear you talk so eloquently and with such conviction about your thoughts. Gosh I hope my Son is just like you one day. Forget the BS with being a genius, I want him to think for himself, just like you. Thank you!
Fooman72 4 years ago