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"Ask Dr. Tony" July 2011 - AS and social perception

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Uploaded by on Jul 6, 2011

Dr. Tony Attwood returns to answer YOUR questions about Autism. In this Program, Dr. Attwood talks about the ability for some people with AS to quickly recognize people that "like them."

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  • @coaxarind Being tolerant doesn't mean that a difference is an asset, or that it can only be an asset. Most things in life are trade-offs. Until you and a neurotypical person can switch brains, there is no way to tell if what you are missing out on is something you'd be better off with, or not. And vice versa.

  • I relate to this. Me and my comic shop guy are mates and he's clearly on the spectrum. Even once when I went to McDonalds a skinny alternative looking girl who handed me my food made eye contact with me & I held it easily, we smiled and there was like a knowing exchange like we'd known each other for years. And in primary school the only person I remember ever having the courage to ask if we can be friends was, in hindsight, a HUUUUGE aspie who now reminds me of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory

  • How can you have a brain disorder when you are so obviously talented? It is plane to me that if someone is not very sociable then they are not very sociable. That the DSM book is brainwashing people. There is really no need to pathologize everything. It is very socialogicaly divisive to promote aspie awareness. I have been happy to live inside my bubble all these years and now suddenly people point their finger at me and call me an aspie. Imagine that! We need more tolerence for diversity.

  • Finally someone gets me !!!!! animal instincts....yes.

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