Myths About Asperger's Syndrome

There are many misconceptions about Asperger Syndrome. This video presents the most common. This is video #5 in my Autism Awareness Month series.

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[TazCO1]

i'm no math genius i still can't count well without a calculater (i'm in my 20's) and the imagination thing is extremely high i don't really need to watch tv when i can create movies and whatever i want with it (note-my humour is extremely bizarre but i wont have it any other way it keeps me sane) just accept who you are and let no one make you think different

[romromxy]

The bad myths about asp are used more to control the people who have it make them feel useless and helpless !

[PyroGothNerd]

2:07 WHAT?!?!!?

[PyroGothNerd]

@e102ewan Exactly! I thought it was really cool to find out the guy who made pokemon has aspergers.

[Killerclown360]

Some of us are soldiers, airman, sailors, and marines.

[milascave2]

@DChatc Exactly, we have lost the power of imagination, which in the era of sotry telling and even radio dramas people still had.  That's why movies and TV are getting worse and worse, (there are exeptions.)

[DChatc]

@milascave IT's sort of this working class thing: They have to go out and work whilst they let someone else write the stories for them to watch.

It is sort of the same reason that many cannot really cook these days but have to eat fast food or processed garbage these days

[DChatc]

@mythme Why is that unfortunate? What should be really considered unfortunate is that we are all scattered and living at the mercy of THEIR hegemony.. If there were an Asperger civilization what is considered abbarant in non-Asperger territories would be "normal".

I just see learning there customs as similar to a secret agent blending in with a hostile nation. One thing is for certain I do not envy them.

[DChatc]

@olinobich I'm somewhat the same way. There was a time during High school where I actually did open up a bit (though I was more interested in having discussions and debates on the forums - this was a cyber school - than really making friends, which just sort of happened as a by-product).

In my case I do have friends, but I mainly by accident or as a result of my oritory. Otherwise I never SEEK OUT anyone and frankly I have seen enough for me to really despise most people..

[DChatc]

@allenwood100 Hye! Speak for yourselves, Obots Reps may be schills for corporations but Dems are just outright thieves, bureaucracies are no different than corporations (that is why I consider myself a total Anarchist)

[DChatc]

We are not all mathematical geniuses".. Gosh I wish THAT stereotype were true lol

[Aleksei5055]

Being in a relationship is hard especially with someone who doesn't understand or even know what AS is. I have aspergers and its hard for me to be flexible. I like my routine and I HATE for it to be broken and something so stupid like time really makes nervous or anxious when some one says they will be there at certain time but they are late or early and if something starts early or late. So relationships are hard. Not worth it some times. It feels like there is less anxiety in being alone