I'm curious. I know of at least one other person around here (not naming just in case he objects) with AS. Any others? If you don't mind talking, when were you diagnosed? I was young, and an early case. I was diagnosed in the late '80's.

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I was diagnosed in 2004. I was reassessed and diagnosis confirmed again in 2011. As a matter of fact, just two days ago I spoke with the doctor who diagnosed me; she is someone whom I have befriended. She informed me of my actual IQ, which I was very curious to learn. I don't wish to post the precise number and give the impression of bragging, but she said it was the second highest IQ she has seen in her approximately twenty years of testing.

Truth be told, I was hoping this topic was about Adult Swim and that I might be provided with yet another opportunity to sing the praises of Moral Orel and bitterly curse Mike Lazlo and the network for its cancellation.

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You must be a youngin'

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My son has it...although I think quite mildly. He went to a regular school and is now at university, but fits the profile perfectly.
He was diagnosed in 2001 when he was 11. He seems quite happy in his little world; he knows he's different and he also knows he's very smart. I feel for him sometimes in that he's extremely handsome but just cannot deal with dating or anything like that -so he's never had a girlfriend, and I know that he does get lonely and would like to meet someone who is like him and understands him...

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You must be a youngin'

I suppose so. I'll be 18 in a bit less than two months.

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When I was younger there were some teachers who said I had it, but my mom was quite vehemently against me being labelled with Asperger's, and rightly so, because my issues were that I had recently gone through some very difficult losses and simply didn't talk to people my age. Every day I had to (and still have to) be around people who had (and still have) nothing in common with me intellectually and emotionally, so naturally I didn't seem very sociable around them, when in reality I'm quite gregarious around people with whom I actually share interests, tastes and goals; people who are, in general, adults. Granted, I've always been different and I do have qualities some people find indicative of AS (I spend most of my time alone, am quite verbose, have extremely high test scores, have never really wanted to be in a relationship, and have terrible handwriting), and I certainly won't diagnose (or not diagnose) myself, but I don't consider myself AS.

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I was always of the opinion that I was damaged more by the system's efforts to get me to socialize than I was by the time I spent alone and contemplating, which is all I ever wanted to do. Now I get paid fairly large sums of money to sit alone and contemplate. Sometimes I spend my time contemplating what an LP would sound like if it were released as an EP. And sometimes I contemplate issues that end up getting decided by the Supreme Court. They are both equally important to me.

The things that I was unable to do as a child -- maintain organization, timeliness, and other rudimentary discipline issues -- I still cannot do, but aare handled now in my life by people who are better than that than I am. I cannot remember the last time I hand wrote anything, as nobody could read it if I did, and I have someone to catch all the typ-o's I don't care about, and to grab me by the scruff of the neck and make sure i follow my calendar. And sometimes I meet people I'm comfortable with and that's great. I pretty much ignore the rest of the people in the world. That works just fine for me. I have no interest in 1,000 friends, either real or facebook'd. The idea that we should all socialize and organize the same way seems fundamentally flawed, and if the system just left us alone and didn't shame us for the way that nature made us, most of us would be just fine in the long run.

imo.

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My two sisters and i have wondered for a while now if our older brother has some mild form of AS. He's never been in a relationship, loves to isolate, has great trivia knowledge, a high IQ and poor social skills. His handwriting is not the greatest, but it's legible. He's been retired for a while now and seems quite content with his life, so he'll probably never be tested.

Anyhoo, my question is, what does an AS diagnosis involve?

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My two sisters and i have wondered for a while now if our older brother has some mild form of AS. He's never been in a relationship, loves to isolate, has great trivia knowledge, a high IQ and poor social skills. His handwriting is not the greatest, but it's legible. He's been retired for a while now and seems quite content with his life, so he'll probably never be tested.

Anyhoo, my question is, what does an AS diagnosis involve?

When I was in fifth grade, I was tested for my school's gifted program (which I easily qualified for) and the lady, being an autism expert, also diagnosed me with AS. I was struggling in school this past year (mostly due to uncompleted assignments), so the guidance counselor and my mother elected to have me tested again, with the same doctor, who confirmed her prior diagnosis of mild AS.

I have never been in a relationship, which often serves as my greatest source of depression. I possess an impressive amount of trivial knowledge, particularly in relation to music, film, and The Simpsons. I was obsessed with college football statistics as a child, but the majority of those have faded in my mind with time. On a scale with a maximum of 150, I have an IQ of 141. My social skills, though greatly improved in the past two years, are still mediocre at best. I can write neatly if I take the time and put forth an effort, but though I have no trouble reading my everyday handwriting, I often hear it described as barely legible.

Out of curiosity, how old is your brother?

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My brother is 63.

3 square root of 7

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Sounds a lot younger.

What are the main sign of AS?
so far i'm getting the impression of:
1.extremely high IQ
2.awkard socially
3.bad handwriting

Large wangs.

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Large wangs.

It's true.

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Lol, well I thought I might have had it...

I would not be surprised if TMG was one of the most popular bands for Aspies. JD has the "unusual prosody." For myself (yup, I'm also an Aspie), TMG gives voice to an emotional world that we have a hard time with. I'm of the opinion that JD has a very rare brain: it's very Aspie in some ways (the obsessions, the need for isolation, the "unusual prosody" as mentioned above), but he's also unusually attuned to the emotional world.

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Truth be told, I was hoping this topic was about Adult Swim.

I could have it, sure. I probably do. I dunno if I have it, I don't care if I know I have it, I don't care if I do or don't know whether or not having it is something I should be caring about.

Frankly, I like the fun of it. I like the mystery of not being diagnosed with any sort of mental, emotional, or pysical ailment. I could be schizophrenic. I could have ADL. I could have AS. I was told I had A.D.H.D as a child, most of the symptoms still are prevalant in my everyday life, some I've grown out of. I'm ripe for mental issues, pyschological disorders, and what have you, I'm sure. I've never had my IQ tested, nor will I ever. Again, I'm not trying to pull a "holier than thou" thing here, for I'm not. I'm just stating my personal opinion here, and I don't feel the need to censor myself.

If I have to "label" myself and explain who I am as a person via medical or psychological diagnosis, then I feel I would be censoring and limiting myself and my opportunities as a person. Not that I'm saying you all are doing such, for that is not the case at all. You all didn't have, especially the younger of our posters, the choice of such. It was thrust up you as a child, by school, by those with authority who couldn't "deal" with a quirky, intelligent, and most likely very interesting and intuitive child. Children who felt left out, who were separated, who had few friends or those they could turn to in times of emotional turmoil. I'm speaking of a personal dilemma, an acute fear if you will...of being my own worst enemy.

I could be all kinds of fucked up. I probably am. But I live my daily life. I still socialize, when it presents itself, even though I'm not always comfortable with it. I still do what I do and I'm happy with what I do. But I don't want who am I to be stripped away from myself, via medication, or psychological evaluation, or my personality to be defined not by I, the owner of the personality, but by a mental/medical/pyhsical condition. I'm not saying that you all are. It's just that you never had a choice in the matter. Which makes the adults, not the once diagnosed children who themselves are now young or grown adults, the ones at fault here.

I'll stand by this opinion, always will. Until I am a present danger to myself, my family, my friends, or whoever...I won't be visiting any doctors or pyschologists anytime soon. It's just who I am, it's just what I believe.



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if i went to the doctor or listened to psychiatrists, i'd probably have everything in the book. gonorreah of the brain. asperger's of the nuts. dumbness of the face. fuck all that shit. doctors and psychiatrists are fucking assholes. driving their lexuses. telling me i got dumbness of the face.

Somebody is rather upset, aren't they? Baawwww

you'd be upset too if you were diagnosed with dumbness of the face.

feel better, redlandsman.

i got dumbness of the face too. the important thing is to find support. im here for ya, brutha.