To all you Aspies out there, I have reason to believe that my roommate in college has Asperger's Syndrome. I could tell that he knows he's different in a way, but doesn't know how. I often see him get troubled with trying to socialize--especially with the opposite sex. It seems that all of you with it have found it better to know that you have it. I want to help this guy, but I don't know quite how. How could I bring it up to him??
Asperger Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum. An individual's symptoms can range from mild to severe.
Their IQ's are typically in the normal to very superior range. They are usually educated in the mainstream, but most require special education services.
Because of their naivete, those with AS are often viewed by their peers as "odd" and are frequently a target for bullying and teasing.
please do not intend to keep saying that Asperger's is a disability because its not a disability, its a different brain chemistry that makes us as sociably different and see things in a much more deep logically cool way, and because we are different in these ways we get labeled and bullied by people which makes us struggle in the same way as someone who actually dose have a "disability". If your gonna call Asperger's a disability make sure you have it so you know what your talking about
@william52905 Let me ask you if you think Matthew Barney has Aspergers? Also for anyone who wants to learn about Aspergers or at least see the most what I would say "serious" form of it I suggest watching the movie "Adam"
I'm 15 years old. i've got a twin brother. We've born on the same day. same hour. 8 minutes difference. He's got a great life, with only great sights and a happy life. I have the asperger's syndrome. It has a huge influence on my life. I'm wondering that if i was born 9 minutes later, causing my brother was maybe in my place, and if it was genetically possible, i was wondering if i would change it. If i would gif him Aspergers, instead of me. No. I won't. Nobody deserves to have this.
I am 22 and have Asperger .Used to look at my self as a different person. It was not easy too deal with that fact. My parent´s didn´t know how to deal with it either but they took me to an equestrian school and I met someone who believed me and taught me how to believe in my self. She knows evrything abou horses but most of all she knows everything about love and respect. Mae:once u said everyone is good at sth and made me find out my abilities and to be proud of them. Thank you Mae!
Thanks- we are really all a lot alike. Reason why I'm strictly looking to date "my own kind" (not color- that is invisible to me). I am hopeful for the first time in my life I'll find me a soulmate.
I had some problem with dating and job interviews, and also have some anxiety disorders, but am otherwise high functioning and good at mathematics and the physical sciences
there are teaching programs on teaching autistics on her and its now know that asd brains grow slower as there are mor connections and it can take an asd brain 20 more years to grow,some people get nothing at school,then get quilfications at 40 odd like me,as for depression look at
SPECT project in texas they are finding out bypolar by mapping the brain by its electronics.
like why people kill and why people can not speak for years then can sing before they spoke..jeff tnx
is there a 100% happy every minute syndrome? extreme denial of real world atrocities and other's actions? is there a syndrome for idiots who talk far too much and too loudly e.t.c.? psychiatry as a world business makes over 3 trillion dollars a year. there's a reason they keep on adding any random thing to the list of 'disorders'. they give you drugs that alter the chemicals in your brain yet they can't even diagnose you based on the actual science in your brain only their personal judgements..
@maxgunn555 you can scan for autism the neo cortex has twice the conections and is 70 persen heaveyer and the alph wave voltages are higher the scan can be done useing neorological electronic telemetry .. ie S P E C T .. jeff.. aspie likes neurology and electronics ans radio.....
@petchharrison thnx for the info. they can't measure depression based on scans on your brain however. also i'd be interested in knowing how much natural variation there is in brain connections in general personalities. then i'd know how valid it is to say whether it's a disorder or not.
also it's not about working on your posture and forcing yourself physically like that. there's a good reason ones posture might be hunched up or whatever. it's because you're feeling a certain way for real reasons and it's natural. you don't just physically change your body for all situations and the way your face forms you think about the meaning and what your actual goals and whether it's even a problem and not a problem someone else has about you. dont ignore the real problem by just labeling
can someone please put the woman in blue on some sort of spectrum. her facial expressions are so 'man-made'. what's a word for it? you're not to meant to try that hard to choose your expression like she does it's meant to be a natural reaction. that's why she makes some unnatural widening of her eyes, rapid, random nodding of her head. this is why i don't this psychiatrist stuff is right because who are they to judge.
I have not been officially diagnosed with Asperger's but many people consider me aloof, creepy, and lack empathy. Eye contact used to be a problem, but my problem lies with understanding non-verbal body language and the art of socializing all together. To this day, I have never had a girlfriend, have no friends, and many people think of me as a very horrid person just because I'm alone all the time. I also suffer from severe depression and have been admitted once to a psych ward due to it.
@RB902050 what doesit mean 'admitted' like you yourself went to the psyche ward or someone reported you? how old are you? those people that think you're 'horrid' because you prefer time on your own... not good people. they're fundamentally bad people. not learned and not understanding of others.
the only thing i noticed wrong with that guy is the lack of eye contact he made with the reporter. Did you notice how the reporter looked at him differently and talked to him differently? This is why many people are afraid to tell people that they have aspergers
To my fellow aspies--you can do a lot to change who you are. Get in front of a full-length mirror and practice. Do what the method actors do. Considerate it a role.
Work on your posture--how you walk and sit--that's important. Work on your voice--how you project yourself--learn a voice that you like and are comfortable with. Don't look like a scared rabbit all the time. Observe people--always observe people and how they interact. Learn to modify and adapt, because fulfillment is our goal.
@mrsolofeo just to make you aware it is actually a trait of psychopaths to have to practice facial expressions in the mirror. aspies i think are more intuitive than that and facial expressions or the absence of them comes naturally for them. see the woman in this video i've mentioned she isnt an aspie (she's the diagnoser!) and are expressions are tremendously artificial. it is the aspie type person, a bit scared who is targeted by psychopaths also so what you're saying doesn't add up.
@maxgunn555 I disagree. Aspies tend to process information differently because our brains are wired differently than that of NTs. Aspies are not intuitive but more logic based--cause and effect. But that doesn't mean that we cannot tell when others do not like us. We use our own cues--not NT based perceptions. We have issues with eye contact and voice intonation. How else does one improve on that but through practice.
Otherwise, you will be made into an outcast like the guy in the video.
@mrsolofeo i say intuitive from a myers briggs personality type meaning. ie the way a truly autistic person processes information is entirely intuitive to the point of that is is fully subconcious. you know how they take in far more images and to the point it's all subconcious and makes them act weird. understanding cause and effect is very intuitive. if by intuitive you mean good at picking up on feelings or emotional undertones that are potentially have false causes based on misunderstandings.
@maxgunn555 so if by intuition you mean feelings then i agree. aspies aren't great feelings because they're so natural with logic based understandings. and with feelings and undertones those things have to be sensed through raw assumption or feeling most of the time rather than understood as logical causes. so you say aspies have issues with eye contact and voice information... that's pretty vague. if you practice. practice with people rather than superficially with a mirror like an actor would.
@maxgunn555 The thing is you first have to know how you look and how you come across in front of a mirror. If you just start practicing eye contact and body language with people you're just going to creep them out.
@mrsolofeo idk though do you think most people quitely do this ie all the normal people got normal through practicing in mirrors or just Practicing somehow whether just by thinking about their facial movements? not too sure but from the myers brigs, i think the actual judgement from the visual cues/behaviour is exactly that a judging function separate from the perceiving and thus isn't a question of intuition vs sensing but thinking vs feeling and i would say it's the feeler.. continued.
@maxgunn555 making those sorts of judgements such as whether it's threatening or not. whereas a thinker those judgements don't pass it's like you say it's essentially just harder as logic and reason doesn't always apply to reasons for certain emotions which are basic and just have to be felt. or 'judged by feeling'. i'd basically describe ASs as Intuitive Thinkers which is why i don't like mental labels as i think it can all fall under personality constructs. apart from like dyslexia e.t.c.
@maxgunn555 I can agree with your definition on intuition--that it being as subconscious process. As for me, I see intuition as something that many women do--making subjective assumptions base on visual cues and emotional undertones. Assigning threatening overtones to harmless behavior such as toe tapping or nervous laughter, An aspie would not reject someone based on subjective cues, but would look for logic-based reasons such as a person lying and being dishonest,
@mrsolofeo Great information to pass on. I am a 52y old aspie, diagnosed last year and I remember as a teen practising how to walk and talk like everybody else, playing the role of normality becomes easier with practice.
@timytoad It definitely is a lifelong challenge. The most difficult aspect of it is how women view you. The guy in the video is not a threat to anyone, but women regard someone who comes across as he as something loathsome and threatening--someone not to be trusted.
And it really is bunk, because women feel they have this right to project their insecurities onto someone just because they do not resonate in a manner acceptable to them.
To this day, women look at me with suspicion and distrust.
@timytoad Like you, I didn't get officially diagnosed until I was in my fifties, but I suspected I had it for some time. The sad thing is that you sometimes feel that life has passed you by and that you've missed out on so many things because of your limited social skills. You get better with practice, but it's never a slam dunk.
@timytoad but surely the more you effort you put into being normal, which is unnatural to yourself the less normal you are being. if you just accept your emotions and realise you're not one that likes teh loud and bland banter of say group situations then that's not aspergers that just you. if you dont like the cold stares of people in public then thats quite normal e.t.c. don't fake it. even aspies are normal.
@mrsolofeo dude thanks but its not always a bad thing having aspergers. i have it and im guessing u do since u said fellow aspies. dont u like being different? i know the anxiety part sucks but its not bad being different! theirs some up sides to being an aspie! i should know, i am one.
@nerdymom2 Dude, I agree with you. I wear a small button that says "I'm not different, just better" The most difficult part is how most women treat you. At work, this one female won't even talk to me--she's friendly with every other guy. She told some other people at work that I'm a mean person and she doesn't even know me. What pisses me off is that some women try to pretend like you're invisible. There are a couple of women who are ok with me and I hang with. Guess I'll never be mr popular.
I started reading books on athropology and psychology when I was in my early teens. It explained a lot about body language and personal space. You need to observe how people behave as if you were trying to learn a code or language. Learn to mimic.
I have difficulty with eye contact--it doesn't come natural for me. It is something that I must be consciously aware of and make myself do or I just come off wrong to many people. Sometimes I try to hard and it becomes forced and not natural. Women are perceptive of nuances--if they sense that something is amiss, they keep you at a distance. I often think of doing myself in, but I work to make myself better. When I make proper eye contact people say I have gorgeous eyes.
Anybody with Aspergers: Test yourself for LYME (blood under microscope also) and HPU (!), have your stool (not urin!) tested for mercury and other heavy metals after taking a high dose of chlorella (maybe 50 pills) or another chelator (MicroSilica by Biopure), but only under the supervision of a physician that is using the Dr. KLINGHARDT protocolls for it! You will be amazed! Microbes in you produce 100 x more microtoxines with todays electromagnetic exposure. Aspergers is a medical condition!
I recognized this guy as an aspie the minute I saw him.
Funny, aspies seem to recognize other aspies with little difficulty.
The issue is that this guy, because of his lack of eye contact and and limited body gestures comes across as socially awkward. No woman would ever find him attractive--only consider him to be needy and desperate.
Aspies validate themselves by seeking approval from others. We tend to overdo it--too nice, to clingy--and are rejected--we then become bitter.
@mrsolofeo it's part of everyone's nature to become bitter after rejection unless your an idiot that just doesn't give a crap and floats from person to person to person lackadaisically.
@koalajones88 Again not true. People with asperger's are very rule-oriented and are not inclined to hurt people. As said before they DO have empathy and feelings, just lack the ability to express it in a way that NT can read and undestand because of our wiring. Aspies are FAR more likely to be victims then perpatrators. Before you go shooting off your mouth about AS and serial killers, consider the fact that I could fill a book with aspies and autistics that have been murdered....
@TheGordogringo .......murdered because they are different, and you provide me with one ( possibly not even) example of a serial killer who may or may nor have had asperger's.
I can't believe NT people could use AS as a reason to kill. Does being black or being male make someone rape and kill and steal? It's just part of who you are ans AS in no different. It's a disability, I have albeit not always easy or pleasant to deal with, but it doesn't make someone more likely to kill! That is just BS
Respond to this video... ...(con't) same ratio to serial killers 1:150. But of course that's how NT's think, typical and sad, people who are different MUST be more likely to be serial killer.
@koalajones88 Jeffrey Dahmer is a invalid example as he may have been speculated but not formally diagnosed. A lot of people speculate the have Asperger's it doesn;t mean they do, AS seems to be that fad diagnosis of the time. In fact only about a fraction of people who claim they actually have it,acutally do.
As for empathy, Aspies have empathy and sympathy, they are generally more moral and honest than ur average person. Given the ratio of Aspies is 1:150 the ratio is probably the same
@koalajones88 Nothing but spam. I bet you couldn't name one serial killer who has AS (formally diagnosed). You know nothing about AS, we are in fact more moral and far less inclined to hurt let alone kill someone, you are obviously an ignorant SOB who has nothing better to do then spread the ignorance of AS around.
Psychopaths and sociopaths are made not born. Aspies are born they way they are.
The interviewer raises her voice whilst talking to David and she finds it hard to look him in the eye, also very repetitive and quite monotone! I wonder if she's been tested for AS? (o and please don't say AS sufferer!!!!)
@borischocolate I think it's in reverse, she raises her voice because she think he is kind of retarded and needs to talk in a clear high volume to reach him. She doesn't look him in the eye, because when she talks to normal people, their eyes "respond". In her mind his doesn't and therefore she don't know how to look at him. Hence she looks away.
And in regards to the monotome voice, all talkshow hosts seems to be like that today.
@LogiXYZ You nailed it. They are talking, but the Aspie guy is not responding with proper eye contact, and the interviewer is becoming frustrated. The Aspie guy is like talking to thin air and not communicating directly to anyone. Typical people find this very off putting.
This poor guy doesn't even realize how poorly he is coming off.
Relationships develop through eye contact and body gestures. Without these skills, one's ability to initiate serious relationships becomes seriously hampered.
@Mycenaea I am an Aspie, and I can tell you that many of us--too one degree or another--lack certain cognitive abilities that come naturally to most people. I've been told that I don't empathize well--and many interpret this as being cold and aloof. I have to consciously focus on how I present myself at all times or I lapse into my Aspie traits. Some Aspies will force themselves to make eye contact--but this guy does not which leads be to believe that his AS is quite severe.
@Mycenaea But don't you see, the Aspie guy is not using appropriate body language or eye contact, and the interviewer is reacting accordingly. Many women view Aspies as somewhat creepy because we miss so many non-verbal cues. And once you're labeled creepy--game over.
For me, i have to Zone--sort of like method acting--get into a role.
With women that I feel comfortable with, I do pretty well. Fortunately, I'm very good looking--so I'm not hindered too badly--but it's a liability for sure.
Kinda looks like this girl isn't listening to what the guests have to say, she looks kind of bored by what they have to say. May not be the fact, as I have AS myself, i'm not the best at reading people, but it gets kind of frustrating when you try to talk to somebody who doesn't have AS and it's hard to keep their attention. We with AS are just as intelligent if not moreso than somebody without AS, but we just seem a bit boring to NT people.
his eye contact with the host is a dead give away, constantly looking off either through difficulty to keep eye contact with her, as she is trained to keep strong eye contact being a news host. also it could be because he's visualizing what he's talking about very deeply so his eyes glaze over where he's staring off to so that he doesn't take into account what he's actually looking at so its easier for him to think
@cabot2jville2010 You're right, Aspies visualize a lot to compensate for their inability to engage people in socially acceptable ways--proper eye contact, body language. I've trained myself to Zone. With women I like, I can shut everything out, focus on her--and I do pretty well in one-on--one interactions. But I can't do it all the time or with everyone--my Aspie traits kick in and I come across as self-consciously awkward. At work I've been relegated to a no-man's-land by the women there.
@hippiechickie18 well i am an aspie NT,s are fine its just aspie snobery some people are showing vey rude an stupid,i am an aspie i like people i dont care wether there AS or NT
@drumheadcircle That is true--many Aspies come across as childlike--but it can be an advantage. Many women like guys with a playful almost innocent nature. But as Aspies, we have to remove the straitjackets that we impose on ourselves and step outside of our comfort zones--and learn to engage and interact with other people, and let them see how charming and intriguing we can be--and that's where you will find fulfillment.
Before I forget, has anyone else on here felt like having AS has ruined their chances of getting a job? I have been turned down for about 50 jobs now after going to the interview and I know its because of my AS. Its seems like equal oppurtunties is only there for people who are foreign.
@hardcoresince1988 I find I am really good at sales so try that. Working in a lab is also an option but for me it is my romantic life that is completely ruined in the sense I have no chance of having one lol.
@hardcoresince1988 well in england government says if you are disable you must work or you are idel,oh who on earth is going to give you a job there are 2.5 million saps on the dole mr Duncan-smith , well he is a dick thats for sure .. jeff
I just tell people my brain is wired differently. It doesn't mean I have less of it just it makes me see some things different. Having AS frustrates the Hell out of me sometimes like when I want to answer a question or something or talk to someone just about chitchat and there is something in my head just stopping me from doing it. Really annoying. Also, does anyone else hate the word 'aspie'? I hate it. It sounds like something you would call you pet :s
MY SON HAS ASPERGERS SYNDROME, HE IS OBSESSIVE WITH HOBBIES OR TELEVISION SHOWS/MOVIES. HE DOES RUN AROUND BACK AND FORTH, SOMETIMES MAKING LOUD NOISES.HE KNOWS HIS ABCS AND NUMBERS 1 TO 100, AND HE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. A KINDERGARTENER DOES NOT KNOW ALL OF THIS.
THE ONLY SETBACK IS HIS LACK OF SOCIAL CUES, HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF CERTAIN GAMES OR THE CLASSROOM. AND HE IS SLOPPY WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WORK. HE DOES GET IRRITATED EASILY. BUT HE'S TALENTED, AND INGENIOUS :) :)
@Hotchocolaterabbit what you mean Aspie?? I have Aspergers syndrome myself and got that term from another person with Aspergers. It´s suppose to just be a short version of the word. I don´t find it offensive:)
But I do, like you, find it offensive that the woman claims we are "suffering" from this..... Condition.
uys! listen, i have asperger syndrome so you can take my word for it:
aspergers CAN be a gift.
what i have is a gift. but my social life was shit until i got diagnosed with it and because i was diagnosed in my early teens and my mum worked with "special" children so i could understand it properly! and i do have a gift! its not really a burden at all!
if you understand it properly, you can live a perfectly normal life. take it from someones who knows ;)
I have Aspergers, and using the term "Disability" I find highly condescending. I am not a fucking moronic ape sucking my thumb and throwing my shit at walls in a psych ward. I live a normal life, I have a good solid number of friends who don't give a fuck if I have Aspergers or not. The day some doctor or government decree says they found a "Cure" I will gladly decline that. All I'm hearing is something like this. "How do we solve the answer to the Jewish question."
@Katyusha45 You Probably dont have asperger, nobody with asperger can give such a clever social remark with such bad language, there is no way you have this disease
@daferterf Wow that is incredibly narrow minded of you to say. According to doctors who originally diagnosed me with ADD, rediagnosed me with aspergers syndrome. I have a mild case of it. My grandfather had a severe case of it. So yeah take your biased views towards aspergers by calling it a disease and shove it up your ass. It is not a disease it is a genetic condition of the structuring of the mind. My question to you is why are you on youtube trying to start arguments? In short get a life.
@daferterf its not a disease its how the neocortex or the stratum is wired,i.e more connections closer together,higher alfa waves diferent votages in the brain.
I believe I may have aspergers but everyone around me thinks that I'm just putting it on for attention, or kidding myself. It's like the old "have a can of Miller light and you'll be alright" chestnut of depression.
@martynblackburn1977 I grew up around people that treated disorders and diseases like they're some kind of satanist affliction, so I'm in the same boat as you. I know it isn't a bad thing and it does have perks, like being very creative for example, but the people that surrounded me when I grew up made me think the opposite. I now wish I hadn't mentioned it to my peers now because I usually get a hurtful comment every week. You should probably see a doctor if you think you may be an Aspie.
@martynblackburn1977 Well, you might think of it as a problem, but i don´t. I was born with Aspergers, so for me it´s normal. Yes, I need to learn some things in order to be around other people. But after ten years it´s actually going pretty well.
@Nekhet The term suffering is relative. If being an Aspie has hindered your ability to socialize and be in meaningful relationships--and you have felt much distress over it--then, indeed, you are suffering.
If you are happy with how you are--that's OK. But, with me, I have suffered to the point of contemplating suicide.
But I work at my image--I work out, health conscious, and I'm attractive--so I don't give people a lot of wiggle room. They can say some things--but not a lot.
@mrsolofeo Well, my psychiatrist once told me that there are different "degrees" to AS: Some have it quite severely while others find it alot easier to deal with. I must say that I belong to the latter.
But yes; suffering is relative, I was just commenting on how this program/show made it look like we all where miserable people due to our Aspergers.
@Nekhet You're right--there are different degrees of AS, and it affects us in different ways.
Since you are a mild AS person like myself, consider yourself fortunate. For you will be able to grow within yourself and learn to bond in a meaningful way with those you are fond of . And you will be able to use your positive AS traits to your advantage. Your trek, fortunately, is a trek of understanding. But some Aspies are so bound by their straight-jackets--there is little hope for them
You have a blunt, inaccurate, uninformed understanding. The reason it was revised is because clearly Asperger people are capable of having strong morals, and being good people. What a horrible thing to say, to suggest that such emotionally illiterate people are dangerous and "psychopathic." The few Aspies I do know, myself included, are very concerned with notions of morality, of doing the right thing, of being a positive force, whatever our skills or weaknesses may be. Seriously now.
I have Aspergers and i am getting on fine with people i have nearly the whole school as friends and i am good at socializing with differnt people i am getting grade B-A* in all of my subjects and no lower. My mum believes that i only got Apergers when i was two because of three tetnus jab injections my Behaviour was fine up to two, so do you see the link i was bad from 2-8 years old but i am improving dramatically its not a "life long learning disability" She does not no shes not me.
my friend has this...i noticed something was wrong when he would either not listen 2 what i was saying, get terribly fussy if he didn't like what i was doing, or smother me with one too many cards in one sitting. he eventually told me he was born with aspergers syndrome and it made simple things like making friends difficult, if not impossible.
Higher IQ's are a necessarity for diagnosing Aspergers? What a laughable diagnostic tool. Perhaps in pretend world we can say that anyone born NT is automatically capable of father/mother-ing 20 children!
Post-diagnosing intelligent historical figures with Autism is obviously self-angrandising propaganda. I could argue that those same figures were NT. That said, for all the 'evidence points to higher IQ's', I've yet to find an aspies who can build me a hoverboard.
Smart people do not agree to the kind of reality in which they allow the medical cartel to put a label of AS or any other BS on them just because the OLD, which has to go, is resisting the NEW and the natural evolution of humanity.
Some people just like having a syndrome because they are weak.
Besides, how many people do you know that would say: "I'm just like everybody else." As far as I know 99% of people I meet think they are unique.
@Lollocide Evidence points toward normal or higher intelligence than majority. This is even a necessarity for diagnosing Asperger's. Charles Darwin, and perhaps Einstein, had Asperger's. Check out for yourself. Now you just look like a fool.
@Lollocide I'm sorry. I thought I was responding to someting else. But depression is widespread among Asperger's. Perhaps even more with anxiety. I've Asperger's myself, and have had both of them.
@Lollocide every aspie is unique some more autistic some less. notice how this dude never made eye contact, only atempted a little bit. he has worked probably on his body language to look more normal, and maybe he worked on the tone of his voice so he doesn't sound too robotic. and notice how his facial expression is stiff and doesn't show emotional reaction, he just replies to what he hears. aspie for sure, but they picked more presentable aspie for TV lol.
@PhilMyBod41 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! LMAO!!!! OMG....FINALLY....SOMEONE ELSE WHO THINKS EXACTLY THE SAME THOUGHTS. And has the same ruminating fantasies of STABBING NEUROTYPICALS!
A few thoughts: I want to bang the interviewer. British people have bad teeth. All of the Aspergers videos I've seen have been from the UK. That's about it.
@capitalist4life A few thoughts: Here we go with the British stereotypes again (British people have bad teeth, say cor blimey guv all the time,or are posh and speak like the queen, drink tea 200 times a day, are reserved and foppish weakling, stiff upper lip Hugh Grant types). Now it's my turn, Americans are fat, stupid, redneck, gun toting, loud, ignorant people who think they invented everything and they are the only worthwhile country in the world. Generalisations and stereotypes aren't nice.
as a 42 yr old man with as i can tell you it is not a gift it is not great like most people want you to believe! the anxiety is HELL the assholes who think its cute to belittle us your day is coming some of us spend all our time remembering things you did. so next time you fuck with an autistic it could come back and stab your neurotypical scumbag ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@PhilMyBod41 LOL I understand how you feel even tho I'm normal, I used to believe I have aspergers or maybe my OCD caused me to believe in something not real like believeing that everything is contaminated. and remember hating NT people for not understanding people with disorders, but maybe I only had OCD, tourettes and bad social skills, or IDK maybe I was borderline aspie. But I recovered completely from all that stuff, anybody can with strong will. maybe AS is just a label for being different
@PhilMyBod41: Agreed i don't know why people think it's a gift, i just wish i could be normal like everyone else. It's a curse i wish i could have more friends and a social life.
@PhilMyBod41 Do you people remember things that happened years ago in real detail? Because there was this kid at school who has Asperger's Syndrome and I bullied him severely. I take everything back and wish I had never given someone such a hard time. He won't hunt me down and kill me will he?
@AdamRyanKirkwood it extremely unlikely that he will stalk a childhood bully and kill him, bullying in childhood is something that is pretty universal in people with aspergers, it would be an unfortunate freak incident if it did happen, i wouldn't worry about it at least you recognize what you did was wrong and i assume you don't bully people anymore, however life always evens up the score one way or another
@AdamRyanKirkwood Autism Violence is affective, not prospective. That would be sociopathic, not neuropathic. If you are sorry for bullying, that' s real cool. It means, you won' t do it ever again.
I sometimes think I have aspergers but the more I think about it, the more I just think people are just coming up with something to call people who seem different and then these people take on these "symptoms" of aspergers... Not everyone is going to have great conversation skills, plus there can be a lot of factors for a person to behave like someone with aspergers -- there needs to be a better study done on this..
First things first, Asperger's isn't a learning disability. That's quite a big error on behalf of somebody working for the biggest autism charity in the UK. Asperger's is a cognitive developmental disorder, put simply we think differently.
It can be considered a learning disability in the way that they learn in different ways, i.e they may have a harder time at university, for example I can't listen to what the lecturer is saying at the same time as taking down notes, I can only do one or the other, so I end up turning up to lectures with pen and paper for no reason.
But I'm not an expert with learning disabilities, i have no idea if the above can be generally considered a learning disability or not.
@yuzk2 we can have learning disabilities alongside our Asperger's, say for example dyslexia. In itself Asperger's is not a learning disability, there is some debate as to whether it is a disability at all. Some aspects of the syndrome can be disabling, like our difficulties with the social world. It could be said though that these things are only a disability for us given we live in a social world where being outgoing and socialable are the norm. In that case it may just be a difference.
@anwarwhufc83 it can be a disability in some cases, actually. and in some cases it can even be a gift-but as you put it, yes. nearly always its just the fact that we use different paths and methods for thinking.
@anwarwhufc83 Asperger's is a fake disorder. Anyone can choose to be different, but as soon as they do so they will immediately be treated like a freak, feel like a victim, seek therapy/medication, and be diagnosed with a fake mental disorder. Money in the pockets of psychiatrists and drug companies. Autism/Asperger's/Depression/Anxiety= global scam
@Grambino2012 Well I don't agree with you there. Asperger's is very real and I know many people with the condition who do not see themselves as victims at all, quite the opposite. It's not about choosing to be different, that's not what autism and Asperger's are about...it's like sexuality and ethnic origin...you are born that way. Television is a global scam, politics is a global scam, war is a global scam.
@Grambino2012 Did you ever read about Hans Asperger's autism? or Leo Kanner's Autism? You said Asperger's is a "fake mental disorder" ? Didn't you mean "fake neurological disorder" ?
WAIT, or maybe what you really meant to say was that you don't know what the hell your talking about? Yeah, that 's what you should have said.
Who cares what you think if you won't look into it or study?
@woodsprout I kinda share Grambinos point of view. I am not supposed to tell anything about disorders, but "fake" is just wrongo. Of course it' s an neurological disorder, but the environmental psychosocial thingy comes into play every time you are with well-known (hard to handle) or talking to strange people. And the worst is, most of the time you got overload and people won' t wait for you to answer but got their oppinion because of "social knowledge", putting the Aspie in "it' s" place. Sleep
@woodsprout There are not many things in the medical corner that will go hand in hand like psychological and neurological effects. Of course does Autism exist. Of course do Crack and Agent Orange create poor little things. All I want to say is, that what is written is often misunderstood when read by someone without knowledge. Don' t blame people for getting somethig wrong. Compare the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. But you will not know nothing about it, if you ain' t got no experience there.
@Grambino2012 well done your a neurologist i see,thanks for the free help when i feel ill with my gut wall problems that alot of us aspies get i wont take my gut pills i and blead inside i will say i got this advice from you..show some humility please .. jeff ..
To all you Aspies out there, I have reason to believe that my roommate in college has Asperger's Syndrome. I could tell that he knows he's different in a way, but doesn't know how. I often see him get troubled with trying to socialize--especially with the opposite sex. It seems that all of you with it have found it better to know that you have it. I want to help this guy, but I don't know quite how. How could I bring it up to him??
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Asperger Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum. An individual's symptoms can range from mild to severe.
Their IQ's are typically in the normal to very superior range. They are usually educated in the mainstream, but most require special education services.
Because of their naivete, those with AS are often viewed by their peers as "odd" and are frequently a target for bullying and teasing.
gayandpeace 2 weeks ago
cartman's assburgers are best!
videos22333 2 weeks ago
i asperger on hes boobies
BitchOnDaFloor 4 weeks ago
@BitchOnDaFloor *her
BitchOnDaFloor 4 weeks ago
No pussy syndrome.
TooMuchGass 1 month ago
please do not intend to keep saying that Asperger's is a disability because its not a disability, its a different brain chemistry that makes us as sociably different and see things in a much more deep logically cool way, and because we are different in these ways we get labeled and bullied by people which makes us struggle in the same way as someone who actually dose have a "disability". If your gonna call Asperger's a disability make sure you have it so you know what your talking about
william52905 1 month ago
@william52905 Let me ask you if you think Matthew Barney has Aspergers? Also for anyone who wants to learn about Aspergers or at least see the most what I would say "serious" form of it I suggest watching the movie "Adam"
somotastic21 3 weeks ago
Asperger's is not a "learning disability". That's a pretty big mistake for the president of an Asperger's group to make.
goduniverse 1 month ago
It's not a learning disability you fat bitch
goduniverse 1 month ago
I'm 15 years old. i've got a twin brother. We've born on the same day. same hour. 8 minutes difference. He's got a great life, with only great sights and a happy life. I have the asperger's syndrome. It has a huge influence on my life. I'm wondering that if i was born 9 minutes later, causing my brother was maybe in my place, and if it was genetically possible, i was wondering if i would change it. If i would gif him Aspergers, instead of me. No. I won't. Nobody deserves to have this.
TheArtygan 1 month ago
@TheArtygan you sound like neji from naruto. weird how you're so different to your twin.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
we all know what image brought us here
SuperPivac 1 month ago
I am 22 and have Asperger .Used to look at my self as a different person. It was not easy too deal with that fact. My parent´s didn´t know how to deal with it either but they took me to an equestrian school and I met someone who believed me and taught me how to believe in my self. She knows evrything abou horses but most of all she knows everything about love and respect. Mae:once u said everyone is good at sth and made me find out my abilities and to be proud of them. Thank you Mae!
phillbaxter 2 months ago
Thanks- we are really all a lot alike. Reason why I'm strictly looking to date "my own kind" (not color- that is invisible to me). I am hopeful for the first time in my life I'll find me a soulmate.
drumheadcircle 2 months ago
I had some problem with dating and job interviews, and also have some anxiety disorders, but am otherwise high functioning and good at mathematics and the physical sciences
TimpBizkit 2 months ago
there are teaching programs on teaching autistics on her and its now know that asd brains grow slower as there are mor connections and it can take an asd brain 20 more years to grow,some people get nothing at school,then get quilfications at 40 odd like me,as for depression look at
SPECT project in texas they are finding out bypolar by mapping the brain by its electronics.
like why people kill and why people can not speak for years then can sing before they spoke..jeff tnx
petchharrison 2 months ago
is there a 100% happy every minute syndrome? extreme denial of real world atrocities and other's actions? is there a syndrome for idiots who talk far too much and too loudly e.t.c.? psychiatry as a world business makes over 3 trillion dollars a year. there's a reason they keep on adding any random thing to the list of 'disorders'. they give you drugs that alter the chemicals in your brain yet they can't even diagnose you based on the actual science in your brain only their personal judgements..
maxgunn555 2 months ago
@maxgunn555 you can scan for autism the neo cortex has twice the conections and is 70 persen heaveyer and the alph wave voltages are higher the scan can be done useing neorological electronic telemetry .. ie S P E C T .. jeff.. aspie likes neurology and electronics ans radio.....
petchharrison 2 months ago
@petchharrison thnx for the info. they can't measure depression based on scans on your brain however. also i'd be interested in knowing how much natural variation there is in brain connections in general personalities. then i'd know how valid it is to say whether it's a disorder or not.
maxgunn555 2 months ago
also it's not about working on your posture and forcing yourself physically like that. there's a good reason ones posture might be hunched up or whatever. it's because you're feeling a certain way for real reasons and it's natural. you don't just physically change your body for all situations and the way your face forms you think about the meaning and what your actual goals and whether it's even a problem and not a problem someone else has about you. dont ignore the real problem by just labeling
maxgunn555 2 months ago
can someone please put the woman in blue on some sort of spectrum. her facial expressions are so 'man-made'. what's a word for it? you're not to meant to try that hard to choose your expression like she does it's meant to be a natural reaction. that's why she makes some unnatural widening of her eyes, rapid, random nodding of her head. this is why i don't this psychiatrist stuff is right because who are they to judge.
maxgunn555 2 months ago
God damn ASS BURGERS!
karp821 3 months ago
@karp821 hey...........shut up
hugpproduc 3 months ago
@hugpproduc lol...it's ok. i am an ass burger too.
karp821 3 months ago
Somebody looked a lot hotter in the thumbnail.
stilldasayme 3 months ago
damn aspie's.
MethshockFilms 3 months ago
and what about bloody racist brits syndrom(brbs)????
feargaillabu 3 months ago
I have not been officially diagnosed with Asperger's but many people consider me aloof, creepy, and lack empathy. Eye contact used to be a problem, but my problem lies with understanding non-verbal body language and the art of socializing all together. To this day, I have never had a girlfriend, have no friends, and many people think of me as a very horrid person just because I'm alone all the time. I also suffer from severe depression and have been admitted once to a psych ward due to it.
RB902050 3 months ago
@RB902050 what doesit mean 'admitted' like you yourself went to the psyche ward or someone reported you? how old are you? those people that think you're 'horrid' because you prefer time on your own... not good people. they're fundamentally bad people. not learned and not understanding of others.
maxgunn555 2 months ago
the only thing i noticed wrong with that guy is the lack of eye contact he made with the reporter. Did you notice how the reporter looked at him differently and talked to him differently? This is why many people are afraid to tell people that they have aspergers
somotastic21 4 months ago
Yeah I need to do what you said. I just wish I looked, felt, or sounded like a 33 year old for just one night.
drumheadcircle 4 months ago
To my fellow aspies--you can do a lot to change who you are. Get in front of a full-length mirror and practice. Do what the method actors do. Considerate it a role.
Work on your posture--how you walk and sit--that's important. Work on your voice--how you project yourself--learn a voice that you like and are comfortable with. Don't look like a scared rabbit all the time. Observe people--always observe people and how they interact. Learn to modify and adapt, because fulfillment is our goal.
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@mrsolofeo Right you are but do you think that would make other people not notice?
somotastic21 4 months ago
@mrsolofeo just to make you aware it is actually a trait of psychopaths to have to practice facial expressions in the mirror. aspies i think are more intuitive than that and facial expressions or the absence of them comes naturally for them. see the woman in this video i've mentioned she isnt an aspie (she's the diagnoser!) and are expressions are tremendously artificial. it is the aspie type person, a bit scared who is targeted by psychopaths also so what you're saying doesn't add up.
maxgunn555 2 months ago
@maxgunn555 I disagree. Aspies tend to process information differently because our brains are wired differently than that of NTs. Aspies are not intuitive but more logic based--cause and effect. But that doesn't mean that we cannot tell when others do not like us. We use our own cues--not NT based perceptions. We have issues with eye contact and voice intonation. How else does one improve on that but through practice.
Otherwise, you will be made into an outcast like the guy in the video.
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@mrsolofeo i say intuitive from a myers briggs personality type meaning. ie the way a truly autistic person processes information is entirely intuitive to the point of that is is fully subconcious. you know how they take in far more images and to the point it's all subconcious and makes them act weird. understanding cause and effect is very intuitive. if by intuitive you mean good at picking up on feelings or emotional undertones that are potentially have false causes based on misunderstandings.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
@maxgunn555 so if by intuition you mean feelings then i agree. aspies aren't great feelings because they're so natural with logic based understandings. and with feelings and undertones those things have to be sensed through raw assumption or feeling most of the time rather than understood as logical causes. so you say aspies have issues with eye contact and voice information... that's pretty vague. if you practice. practice with people rather than superficially with a mirror like an actor would.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
@maxgunn555 The thing is you first have to know how you look and how you come across in front of a mirror. If you just start practicing eye contact and body language with people you're just going to creep them out.
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@mrsolofeo idk though do you think most people quitely do this ie all the normal people got normal through practicing in mirrors or just Practicing somehow whether just by thinking about their facial movements? not too sure but from the myers brigs, i think the actual judgement from the visual cues/behaviour is exactly that a judging function separate from the perceiving and thus isn't a question of intuition vs sensing but thinking vs feeling and i would say it's the feeler.. continued.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
@maxgunn555 making those sorts of judgements such as whether it's threatening or not. whereas a thinker those judgements don't pass it's like you say it's essentially just harder as logic and reason doesn't always apply to reasons for certain emotions which are basic and just have to be felt. or 'judged by feeling'. i'd basically describe ASs as Intuitive Thinkers which is why i don't like mental labels as i think it can all fall under personality constructs. apart from like dyslexia e.t.c.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
@maxgunn555 I can agree with your definition on intuition--that it being as subconscious process. As for me, I see intuition as something that many women do--making subjective assumptions base on visual cues and emotional undertones. Assigning threatening overtones to harmless behavior such as toe tapping or nervous laughter, An aspie would not reject someone based on subjective cues, but would look for logic-based reasons such as a person lying and being dishonest,
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@mrsolofeo Great information to pass on. I am a 52y old aspie, diagnosed last year and I remember as a teen practising how to walk and talk like everybody else, playing the role of normality becomes easier with practice.
timytoad 1 month ago
@timytoad It definitely is a lifelong challenge. The most difficult aspect of it is how women view you. The guy in the video is not a threat to anyone, but women regard someone who comes across as he as something loathsome and threatening--someone not to be trusted.
And it really is bunk, because women feel they have this right to project their insecurities onto someone just because they do not resonate in a manner acceptable to them.
To this day, women look at me with suspicion and distrust.
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@timytoad Like you, I didn't get officially diagnosed until I was in my fifties, but I suspected I had it for some time. The sad thing is that you sometimes feel that life has passed you by and that you've missed out on so many things because of your limited social skills. You get better with practice, but it's never a slam dunk.
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@timytoad but surely the more you effort you put into being normal, which is unnatural to yourself the less normal you are being. if you just accept your emotions and realise you're not one that likes teh loud and bland banter of say group situations then that's not aspergers that just you. if you dont like the cold stares of people in public then thats quite normal e.t.c. don't fake it. even aspies are normal.
maxgunn555 1 month ago
@mrsolofeo dude thanks but its not always a bad thing having aspergers. i have it and im guessing u do since u said fellow aspies. dont u like being different? i know the anxiety part sucks but its not bad being different! theirs some up sides to being an aspie! i should know, i am one.
nerdymom2 1 month ago
@nerdymom2 Dude, I agree with you. I wear a small button that says "I'm not different, just better" The most difficult part is how most women treat you. At work, this one female won't even talk to me--she's friendly with every other guy. She told some other people at work that I'm a mean person and she doesn't even know me. What pisses me off is that some women try to pretend like you're invisible. There are a couple of women who are ok with me and I hang with. Guess I'll never be mr popular.
mrsolofeo 1 month ago
@mrsolofeo
I started reading books on athropology and psychology when I was in my early teens. It explained a lot about body language and personal space. You need to observe how people behave as if you were trying to learn a code or language. Learn to mimic.
Mathildaonline 5 days ago
"You don't suffer from aspergers. You suffer from people." - Tony Attwood
TheBeatlesFan420 4 months ago 40
@TheBeatlesFan420 exactly how i see it.
maxgunn555 2 months ago
I'm a sufferer, most definitely
mystery8881 4 months ago
I have difficulty with eye contact--it doesn't come natural for me. It is something that I must be consciously aware of and make myself do or I just come off wrong to many people. Sometimes I try to hard and it becomes forced and not natural. Women are perceptive of nuances--if they sense that something is amiss, they keep you at a distance. I often think of doing myself in, but I work to make myself better. When I make proper eye contact people say I have gorgeous eyes.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
The Interviewer has a banging body! I wish the newscasters looked like that in the U.S.
DastardlyDelicious 4 months ago
Anybody with Aspergers: Test yourself for LYME (blood under microscope also) and HPU (!), have your stool (not urin!) tested for mercury and other heavy metals after taking a high dose of chlorella (maybe 50 pills) or another chelator (MicroSilica by Biopure), but only under the supervision of a physician that is using the Dr. KLINGHARDT protocolls for it! You will be amazed! Microbes in you produce 100 x more microtoxines with todays electromagnetic exposure. Aspergers is a medical condition!
KarinOll 5 months ago
SOUTH PARK! OMG LOL
icedood3000 5 months ago
I recognized this guy as an aspie the minute I saw him.
Funny, aspies seem to recognize other aspies with little difficulty.
The issue is that this guy, because of his lack of eye contact and and limited body gestures comes across as socially awkward. No woman would ever find him attractive--only consider him to be needy and desperate.
Aspies validate themselves by seeking approval from others. We tend to overdo it--too nice, to clingy--and are rejected--we then become bitter.
mrsolofeo 5 months ago
@mrsolofeo it's part of everyone's nature to become bitter after rejection unless your an idiot that just doesn't give a crap and floats from person to person to person lackadaisically.
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mrsolofeo 5 months ago
@koalajones88 Again not true. People with asperger's are very rule-oriented and are not inclined to hurt people. As said before they DO have empathy and feelings, just lack the ability to express it in a way that NT can read and undestand because of our wiring. Aspies are FAR more likely to be victims then perpatrators. Before you go shooting off your mouth about AS and serial killers, consider the fact that I could fill a book with aspies and autistics that have been murdered....
TheGordogringo 5 months ago
@TheGordogringo .......murdered because they are different, and you provide me with one ( possibly not even) example of a serial killer who may or may nor have had asperger's.
I can't believe NT people could use AS as a reason to kill. Does being black or being male make someone rape and kill and steal? It's just part of who you are ans AS in no different. It's a disability, I have albeit not always easy or pleasant to deal with, but it doesn't make someone more likely to kill! That is just BS
TheGordogringo 5 months ago
Respond to this video... ...(con't) same ratio to serial killers 1:150. But of course that's how NT's think, typical and sad, people who are different MUST be more likely to be serial killer.
TheGordogringo 5 months ago
@koalajones88 Jeffrey Dahmer is a invalid example as he may have been speculated but not formally diagnosed. A lot of people speculate the have Asperger's it doesn;t mean they do, AS seems to be that fad diagnosis of the time. In fact only about a fraction of people who claim they actually have it,acutally do.
As for empathy, Aspies have empathy and sympathy, they are generally more moral and honest than ur average person. Given the ratio of Aspies is 1:150 the ratio is probably the same
TheGordogringo 5 months ago
Nice tits
ryanrocksteady1355 5 months ago
@koalajones88 Nothing but spam. I bet you couldn't name one serial killer who has AS (formally diagnosed). You know nothing about AS, we are in fact more moral and far less inclined to hurt let alone kill someone, you are obviously an ignorant SOB who has nothing better to do then spread the ignorance of AS around.
Psychopaths and sociopaths are made not born. Aspies are born they way they are.
Get a life loser
TheGordogringo 5 months ago
The interviewer raises her voice whilst talking to David and she finds it hard to look him in the eye, also very repetitive and quite monotone! I wonder if she's been tested for AS? (o and please don't say AS sufferer!!!!)
borischocolate 5 months ago
@borischocolate I think it's in reverse, she raises her voice because she think he is kind of retarded and needs to talk in a clear high volume to reach him. She doesn't look him in the eye, because when she talks to normal people, their eyes "respond". In her mind his doesn't and therefore she don't know how to look at him. Hence she looks away.
And in regards to the monotome voice, all talkshow hosts seems to be like that today.
LogiXYZ 5 months ago
@LogiXYZ You nailed it. They are talking, but the Aspie guy is not responding with proper eye contact, and the interviewer is becoming frustrated. The Aspie guy is like talking to thin air and not communicating directly to anyone. Typical people find this very off putting.
This poor guy doesn't even realize how poorly he is coming off.
Relationships develop through eye contact and body gestures. Without these skills, one's ability to initiate serious relationships becomes seriously hampered.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
@mrsolofeo And how can you tell he "doesn't even realize" it?
And I'd say she seemed stressed rather than frustrated...
Mycenaea 4 months ago
@Mycenaea I am an Aspie, and I can tell you that many of us--too one degree or another--lack certain cognitive abilities that come naturally to most people. I've been told that I don't empathize well--and many interpret this as being cold and aloof. I have to consciously focus on how I present myself at all times or I lapse into my Aspie traits. Some Aspies will force themselves to make eye contact--but this guy does not which leads be to believe that his AS is quite severe.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
@Mycenaea But don't you see, the Aspie guy is not using appropriate body language or eye contact, and the interviewer is reacting accordingly. Many women view Aspies as somewhat creepy because we miss so many non-verbal cues. And once you're labeled creepy--game over.
For me, i have to Zone--sort of like method acting--get into a role.
With women that I feel comfortable with, I do pretty well. Fortunately, I'm very good looking--so I'm not hindered too badly--but it's a liability for sure.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
@borischocolate Exactly.
paradoxxf 4 months ago
Kinda looks like this girl isn't listening to what the guests have to say, she looks kind of bored by what they have to say. May not be the fact, as I have AS myself, i'm not the best at reading people, but it gets kind of frustrating when you try to talk to somebody who doesn't have AS and it's hard to keep their attention. We with AS are just as intelligent if not moreso than somebody without AS, but we just seem a bit boring to NT people.
tisgris 6 months ago
his eye contact with the host is a dead give away, constantly looking off either through difficulty to keep eye contact with her, as she is trained to keep strong eye contact being a news host. also it could be because he's visualizing what he's talking about very deeply so his eyes glaze over where he's staring off to so that he doesn't take into account what he's actually looking at so its easier for him to think
cabot2jville2010 7 months ago
@cabot2jville2010 You're right, Aspies visualize a lot to compensate for their inability to engage people in socially acceptable ways--proper eye contact, body language. I've trained myself to Zone. With women I like, I can shut everything out, focus on her--and I do pretty well in one-on--one interactions. But I can't do it all the time or with everyone--my Aspie traits kick in and I come across as self-consciously awkward. At work I've been relegated to a no-man's-land by the women there.
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hippiechickie18 7 months ago
@hippiechickie18 well i am an aspie NT,s are fine its just aspie snobery some people are showing vey rude an stupid,i am an aspie i like people i dont care wether there AS or NT
i am not bothered by it .. jeff ..
petchharrison 2 months ago
The fashion police need to give this guy a ticket for his ridiculous hems...
hippiechickie18 7 months ago
I bet he's really good at World of Warcraft
EJConrad 7 months ago
I have it and it makes me feel like a kid in an adults' body. I sort of like it.
drumheadcircle 7 months ago
@drumheadcircle i couldnt have made a better example its like you have dueling personalities one a child one an adult.
PhilMyBod41 7 months ago
@drumheadcircle thats funny i had a boy when i worked in a school say that,your like me with an old body on,, jeff and an aspie ,,
petchharrison 2 months ago
I have it and it makes me feel like a kid in an adults' body.
drumheadcircle 7 months ago
@drumheadcircle That is true--many Aspies come across as childlike--but it can be an advantage. Many women like guys with a playful almost innocent nature. But as Aspies, we have to remove the straitjackets that we impose on ourselves and step outside of our comfort zones--and learn to engage and interact with other people, and let them see how charming and intriguing we can be--and that's where you will find fulfillment.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
Before I forget, has anyone else on here felt like having AS has ruined their chances of getting a job? I have been turned down for about 50 jobs now after going to the interview and I know its because of my AS. Its seems like equal oppurtunties is only there for people who are foreign.
hardcoresince1988 8 months ago
@hardcoresince1988 I find I am really good at sales so try that. Working in a lab is also an option but for me it is my romantic life that is completely ruined in the sense I have no chance of having one lol.
daiitokumyouou899 8 months ago
@hardcoresince1988 well in england government says if you are disable you must work or you are idel,oh who on earth is going to give you a job there are 2.5 million saps on the dole mr Duncan-smith , well he is a dick thats for sure .. jeff
petchharrison 2 months ago
I just tell people my brain is wired differently. It doesn't mean I have less of it just it makes me see some things different. Having AS frustrates the Hell out of me sometimes like when I want to answer a question or something or talk to someone just about chitchat and there is something in my head just stopping me from doing it. Really annoying. Also, does anyone else hate the word 'aspie'? I hate it. It sounds like something you would call you pet :s
hardcoresince1988 8 months ago
MY SON HAS ASPERGERS SYNDROME, HE IS OBSESSIVE WITH HOBBIES OR TELEVISION SHOWS/MOVIES. HE DOES RUN AROUND BACK AND FORTH, SOMETIMES MAKING LOUD NOISES.HE KNOWS HIS ABCS AND NUMBERS 1 TO 100, AND HE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. A KINDERGARTENER DOES NOT KNOW ALL OF THIS.
THE ONLY SETBACK IS HIS LACK OF SOCIAL CUES, HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF CERTAIN GAMES OR THE CLASSROOM. AND HE IS SLOPPY WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WORK. HE DOES GET IRRITATED EASILY. BUT HE'S TALENTED, AND INGENIOUS :) :)
BANANERZ7 8 months ago
@BANANERZ7 is called hyperlexia,high iq thats for sure i got a friend with that..jeff
petchharrison 2 months ago
wait-she said this guys SUFFERS from apsergers?!
does she even know what this thing is?!
i find that @!%£*?"#&$ offensive!!!!!!!!!
Hotchocolaterabbit 8 months ago
@Hotchocolaterabbit what you mean Aspie?? I have Aspergers syndrome myself and got that term from another person with Aspergers. It´s suppose to just be a short version of the word. I don´t find it offensive:)
But I do, like you, find it offensive that the woman claims we are "suffering" from this..... Condition.
Nekhet 8 months ago
uys! listen, i have asperger syndrome so you can take my word for it:
aspergers CAN be a gift.
what i have is a gift. but my social life was shit until i got diagnosed with it and because i was diagnosed in my early teens and my mum worked with "special" children so i could understand it properly! and i do have a gift! its not really a burden at all!
if you understand it properly, you can live a perfectly normal life. take it from someones who knows ;)
Hotchocolaterabbit 8 months ago
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Hotchocolaterabbit 8 months ago
I have Aspergers, and using the term "Disability" I find highly condescending. I am not a fucking moronic ape sucking my thumb and throwing my shit at walls in a psych ward. I live a normal life, I have a good solid number of friends who don't give a fuck if I have Aspergers or not. The day some doctor or government decree says they found a "Cure" I will gladly decline that. All I'm hearing is something like this. "How do we solve the answer to the Jewish question."
Katyusha45 8 months ago
@Katyusha45 You Probably dont have asperger, nobody with asperger can give such a clever social remark with such bad language, there is no way you have this disease
daferterf 8 months ago
@daferterf Wow that is incredibly narrow minded of you to say. According to doctors who originally diagnosed me with ADD, rediagnosed me with aspergers syndrome. I have a mild case of it. My grandfather had a severe case of it. So yeah take your biased views towards aspergers by calling it a disease and shove it up your ass. It is not a disease it is a genetic condition of the structuring of the mind. My question to you is why are you on youtube trying to start arguments? In short get a life.
Katyusha45 8 months ago
@daferterf its not a disease its how the neocortex or the stratum is wired,i.e more connections closer together,higher alfa waves diferent votages in the brain.
thanks jeffrey..
petchharrison 2 months ago
it's ASPERGERS ot asperger, oh my god i couldn't watch the whole thing coz it just annoyed me when she said it wrong
randomness051 9 months ago
@randomness051 It can be said either way actually.
Kiriyama117 9 months ago
@randomness051 Then you have ASPERGERS n_n.
MrJohnvarela 7 months ago
I believe I may have aspergers but everyone around me thinks that I'm just putting it on for attention, or kidding myself. It's like the old "have a can of Miller light and you'll be alright" chestnut of depression.
martynblackburn1977 9 months ago
@martynblackburn1977 Hmmm.. If you believe you might be an Aspie, you might want to have a screening. Just to see if it´s true..
Nekhet 9 months ago
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Hotchocolaterabbit 8 months ago
@martynblackburn1977 I grew up around people that treated disorders and diseases like they're some kind of satanist affliction, so I'm in the same boat as you. I know it isn't a bad thing and it does have perks, like being very creative for example, but the people that surrounded me when I grew up made me think the opposite. I now wish I hadn't mentioned it to my peers now because I usually get a hurtful comment every week. You should probably see a doctor if you think you may be an Aspie.
Kiriyama117 9 months ago
Asperger Syndrome "sufferer"??
I don´t feel like I´m suffering:S
Nekhet 9 months ago 11
@Nekhet Coping is actually a form of suffering because you are not completely rid of the "problem".
martynblackburn1977 9 months ago
@martynblackburn1977 Well, you might think of it as a problem, but i don´t. I was born with Aspergers, so for me it´s normal. Yes, I need to learn some things in order to be around other people. But after ten years it´s actually going pretty well.
So personally I don´t feel like I´m suffering:)
Nekhet 9 months ago
@Nekhet Okay. But you are coping, no?
martynblackburn1977 9 months ago
@martynblackburn1977 I am adapting, yes. But that still does´nt mean that I am "suffering":)
Nekhet 9 months ago
@Nekhet well i sometimes do.
i have asperger syndrome too and i rather be alone than with others.
but i still wish i could interact and be comfortable with other people sometimes.
aloneskater 5 months ago
@Nekhet I'm with you.
paradoxxf 4 months ago
@Nekhet The term suffering is relative. If being an Aspie has hindered your ability to socialize and be in meaningful relationships--and you have felt much distress over it--then, indeed, you are suffering.
If you are happy with how you are--that's OK. But, with me, I have suffered to the point of contemplating suicide.
But I work at my image--I work out, health conscious, and I'm attractive--so I don't give people a lot of wiggle room. They can say some things--but not a lot.
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
@mrsolofeo Well, my psychiatrist once told me that there are different "degrees" to AS: Some have it quite severely while others find it alot easier to deal with. I must say that I belong to the latter.
But yes; suffering is relative, I was just commenting on how this program/show made it look like we all where miserable people due to our Aspergers.
Nekhet 4 months ago
@Nekhet You're right--there are different degrees of AS, and it affects us in different ways.
Since you are a mild AS person like myself, consider yourself fortunate. For you will be able to grow within yourself and learn to bond in a meaningful way with those you are fond of . And you will be able to use your positive AS traits to your advantage. Your trek, fortunately, is a trek of understanding. But some Aspies are so bound by their straight-jackets--there is little hope for them
mrsolofeo 4 months ago
assburgers r hot :D
hehe i have assburgers
Omgsome1just 9 months ago
You have a blunt, inaccurate, uninformed understanding. The reason it was revised is because clearly Asperger people are capable of having strong morals, and being good people. What a horrible thing to say, to suggest that such emotionally illiterate people are dangerous and "psychopathic." The few Aspies I do know, myself included, are very concerned with notions of morality, of doing the right thing, of being a positive force, whatever our skills or weaknesses may be. Seriously now.
abyssquick 10 months ago
i give a big thumbs down on this video, and all comments saying aspergers is a disability.
chaseleif 10 months ago
Social impairment year rigt i am compearable to everyone these people dont know anything lol.
weatherworld123 10 months ago
She does not know that it is a life long learning disability because she is not me.
weatherworld123 10 months ago
I have Aspergers and i am getting on fine with people i have nearly the whole school as friends and i am good at socializing with differnt people i am getting grade B-A* in all of my subjects and no lower. My mum believes that i only got Apergers when i was two because of three tetnus jab injections my Behaviour was fine up to two, so do you see the link i was bad from 2-8 years old but i am improving dramatically its not a "life long learning disability" She does not no shes not me.
weatherworld123 10 months ago
my friend has this...i noticed something was wrong when he would either not listen 2 what i was saying, get terribly fussy if he didn't like what i was doing, or smother me with one too many cards in one sitting. he eventually told me he was born with aspergers syndrome and it made simple things like making friends difficult, if not impossible.
madkittyjoey70 10 months ago
Interesting that the chap here won't make eye contact. He has been working on his audible presentation only
overlordddrp 10 months ago
Asperger's syndrome "sufferer", huh?
ahmadomusic 10 months ago
@Stinukli
Higher IQ's are a necessarity for diagnosing Aspergers? What a laughable diagnostic tool. Perhaps in pretend world we can say that anyone born NT is automatically capable of father/mother-ing 20 children!
Post-diagnosing intelligent historical figures with Autism is obviously self-angrandising propaganda. I could argue that those same figures were NT. That said, for all the 'evidence points to higher IQ's', I've yet to find an aspies who can build me a hoverboard.
Lollocide 10 months ago
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Smart people do not agree to the kind of reality in which they allow the medical cartel to put a label of AS or any other BS on them just because the OLD, which has to go, is resisting the NEW and the natural evolution of humanity.
Some people just like having a syndrome because they are weak.
Besides, how many people do you know that would say: "I'm just like everybody else." As far as I know 99% of people I meet think they are unique.
I choose to think for myself. Be above this BS.
wisesakura 10 months ago
he's not assburged, he's just some depressed dude. Assburged people don't talk like this asshole.
Lollocide 11 months ago
@Lollocide You're obviously an imbecil talking out of your ass.
Stinukli 11 months ago
@Stinukli
Irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrony!
Lollocide 11 months ago
@Lollocide Sorry, but your an imbecil. Act of speak has nothing, whatsoever, to do with diagnosing Asperger's syndrome. Try again.
Stinukli 11 months ago
@Stinukli
Your words might be more poignant if you weren't delivering them in an absolutely retarded way.
And its 'Imbecile'. Irony.
Lollocide 11 months ago
@Lollocide Interesting that you're admonishing my grammar, when you are clearly unable to document your claim.
I'll try again: Document your ridiculous assertion. Oh, I see. You can't, cause you're an imbecile.
Stinukli 11 months ago
@Stinukli
So you can claim that assburgers people aren't depressed people?
I am really curious as to how you are able to diagnose assburgers from a tv interview and disprove someone else from said evidence.
Lollocide 10 months ago
@Lollocide Evidence points toward normal or higher intelligence than majority. This is even a necessarity for diagnosing Asperger's. Charles Darwin, and perhaps Einstein, had Asperger's. Check out for yourself. Now you just look like a fool.
Stinukli 10 months ago
@Lollocide I'm sorry. I thought I was responding to someting else. But depression is widespread among Asperger's. Perhaps even more with anxiety. I've Asperger's myself, and have had both of them.
Stinukli 10 months ago
@Lollocide every aspie is unique some more autistic some less. notice how this dude never made eye contact, only atempted a little bit. he has worked probably on his body language to look more normal, and maybe he worked on the tone of his voice so he doesn't sound too robotic. and notice how his facial expression is stiff and doesn't show emotional reaction, he just replies to what he hears. aspie for sure, but they picked more presentable aspie for TV lol.
sekula1999 9 months ago
@PhilMyBod41 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! LMAO!!!! OMG....FINALLY....SOMEONE ELSE WHO THINKS EXACTLY THE SAME THOUGHTS. And has the same ruminating fantasies of STABBING NEUROTYPICALS!
With all do respect--I love you!
johnnyzmania 11 months ago
bla bla bla. what nonsense. What aspergers?
lunafringe10 11 months ago
I have aspergers and I look at that host and simply wanna do 1 thing, fuck her brains out !!!!! yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!
freedomsoldier187 11 months ago
A few thoughts: I want to bang the interviewer. British people have bad teeth. All of the Aspergers videos I've seen have been from the UK. That's about it.
capitalist4life 11 months ago
@capitalist4life A few thoughts: Here we go with the British stereotypes again (British people have bad teeth, say cor blimey guv all the time,or are posh and speak like the queen, drink tea 200 times a day, are reserved and foppish weakling, stiff upper lip Hugh Grant types). Now it's my turn, Americans are fat, stupid, redneck, gun toting, loud, ignorant people who think they invented everything and they are the only worthwhile country in the world. Generalisations and stereotypes aren't nice.
uncled39 11 months ago
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@capitalist4life
"British people have bad teeth."
Where did that even come from? If anything, Americans have bad teeth. We have free dental health care over here.
ignoranttwat 10 months ago
Also, at 0:10, can't you see how wrinkly she is?
ignoranttwat 10 months ago
as a 42 yr old man with as i can tell you it is not a gift it is not great like most people want you to believe! the anxiety is HELL the assholes who think its cute to belittle us your day is coming some of us spend all our time remembering things you did. so next time you fuck with an autistic it could come back and stab your neurotypical scumbag ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PhilMyBod41 11 months ago 25
@PhilMyBod41 LOL I understand how you feel even tho I'm normal, I used to believe I have aspergers or maybe my OCD caused me to believe in something not real like believeing that everything is contaminated. and remember hating NT people for not understanding people with disorders, but maybe I only had OCD, tourettes and bad social skills, or IDK maybe I was borderline aspie. But I recovered completely from all that stuff, anybody can with strong will. maybe AS is just a label for being different
sekula1999 9 months ago
@PhilMyBod41: Agreed i don't know why people think it's a gift, i just wish i could be normal like everyone else. It's a curse i wish i could have more friends and a social life.
Ratchet3Mark 8 months ago
@PhilMyBod41 Do you people remember things that happened years ago in real detail? Because there was this kid at school who has Asperger's Syndrome and I bullied him severely. I take everything back and wish I had never given someone such a hard time. He won't hunt me down and kill me will he?
AdamRyanKirkwood 6 months ago
@AdamRyanKirkwood it extremely unlikely that he will stalk a childhood bully and kill him, bullying in childhood is something that is pretty universal in people with aspergers, it would be an unfortunate freak incident if it did happen, i wouldn't worry about it at least you recognize what you did was wrong and i assume you don't bully people anymore, however life always evens up the score one way or another
bigmanoooo1 6 months ago
@AdamRyanKirkwood Autism Violence is affective, not prospective. That would be sociopathic, not neuropathic. If you are sorry for bullying, that' s real cool. It means, you won' t do it ever again.
DAlienzombie 6 months ago
@PhilMyBod41 Aye. We never forget.
sperestillan 6 months ago
I sometimes think I have aspergers but the more I think about it, the more I just think people are just coming up with something to call people who seem different and then these people take on these "symptoms" of aspergers... Not everyone is going to have great conversation skills, plus there can be a lot of factors for a person to behave like someone with aspergers -- there needs to be a better study done on this..
Miikaika25 11 months ago
1 in 100...
I have friends! ;D
LukasVideosify 11 months ago
First things first, Asperger's isn't a learning disability. That's quite a big error on behalf of somebody working for the biggest autism charity in the UK. Asperger's is a cognitive developmental disorder, put simply we think differently.
anwarwhufc83 1 year ago 29
@anwarwhufc83
It can be considered a learning disability in the way that they learn in different ways, i.e they may have a harder time at university, for example I can't listen to what the lecturer is saying at the same time as taking down notes, I can only do one or the other, so I end up turning up to lectures with pen and paper for no reason.
But I'm not an expert with learning disabilities, i have no idea if the above can be generally considered a learning disability or not.
yuzk2 11 months ago
@yuzk2 we can have learning disabilities alongside our Asperger's, say for example dyslexia. In itself Asperger's is not a learning disability, there is some debate as to whether it is a disability at all. Some aspects of the syndrome can be disabling, like our difficulties with the social world. It could be said though that these things are only a disability for us given we live in a social world where being outgoing and socialable are the norm. In that case it may just be a difference.
anwarwhufc83 11 months ago
@anwarwhufc83 it can be a disability in some cases, actually. and in some cases it can even be a gift-but as you put it, yes. nearly always its just the fact that we use different paths and methods for thinking.
Hotchocolaterabbit 8 months ago
@anwarwhufc83 Aspergers is learning disability
CherylCole28 7 months ago
@anwarwhufc83 Asperger's is a fake disorder. Anyone can choose to be different, but as soon as they do so they will immediately be treated like a freak, feel like a victim, seek therapy/medication, and be diagnosed with a fake mental disorder. Money in the pockets of psychiatrists and drug companies. Autism/Asperger's/Depression/Anxiety= global scam
Grambino2012 7 months ago
@Grambino2012 Well I don't agree with you there. Asperger's is very real and I know many people with the condition who do not see themselves as victims at all, quite the opposite. It's not about choosing to be different, that's not what autism and Asperger's are about...it's like sexuality and ethnic origin...you are born that way. Television is a global scam, politics is a global scam, war is a global scam.
anwarwhufc83 7 months ago
@Grambino2012 Did you ever read about Hans Asperger's autism? or Leo Kanner's Autism? You said Asperger's is a "fake mental disorder" ? Didn't you mean "fake neurological disorder" ?
WAIT, or maybe what you really meant to say was that you don't know what the hell your talking about? Yeah, that 's what you should have said.
Who cares what you think if you won't look into it or study?
woodsprout 6 months ago
@woodsprout I kinda share Grambinos point of view. I am not supposed to tell anything about disorders, but "fake" is just wrongo. Of course it' s an neurological disorder, but the environmental psychosocial thingy comes into play every time you are with well-known (hard to handle) or talking to strange people. And the worst is, most of the time you got overload and people won' t wait for you to answer but got their oppinion because of "social knowledge", putting the Aspie in "it' s" place. Sleep
DAlienzombie 6 months ago
@DAlienzombie ...Grambino said it was a "fake mental disorder".
Common knowledge says he is wrong.
Asperger's exists.
I disagree with Grambino with NO apologies.
I don't care what else Grambino wrote about. He is lost on this subject. He's talking about something different.
woodsprout 6 months ago
@woodsprout There are not many things in the medical corner that will go hand in hand like psychological and neurological effects. Of course does Autism exist. Of course do Crack and Agent Orange create poor little things. All I want to say is, that what is written is often misunderstood when read by someone without knowledge. Don' t blame people for getting somethig wrong. Compare the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. But you will not know nothing about it, if you ain' t got no experience there.
DAlienzombie 6 months ago
@Grambino2012 well done your a neurologist i see,thanks for the free help when i feel ill with my gut wall problems that alot of us aspies get i wont take my gut pills i and blead inside i will say i got this advice from you..show some humility please .. jeff ..
petchharrison 2 months ago