Hello. I am curious to hear what other people with apergers disorder think about the coverage of this "disorder" in the media and in books. I relies that there...
... this is an interesting thought. I could say that the same is true for me. i dont realy understand where aspergers ends and normmal personality and ...
... Rachel, Holby City is a British version of ER. Few members of staff have not been beset by a life-threatening accident, disease or personal tragedy and...
Hi, in reply to Jordan asking about the need for a book on the real- life problems and priveleges of being AS. I have read one about a happily married couple:...
... I read that book as well -- I don't think that they were "happy" at all. The AS man was described outright as being suicidally depressed, stressed out,...
I am nineteen years old. I have been in various institutions since the age of nine. Until I was finally " normalized" enough to be released when I was sixteen....
i think it's a great idea Jordan, but as i'm sure you're aware lots of people will tell you no before someone says yes. i am 40, recently divorced and now...
I was 9 but chose to keep on believing. It made the holiday more fun. I was not allowed to tell my brothers that there was no santa claus or I'm in big trouble...
... I don't really care for those ones, though... They're written in a way that makes them very hard for me to make sense of -- just just states how it is...
... If you have the stomach to write a book including institutional experiences, I'd be very grateful. (There are not that many out there by autistics that...
... Oh yeah, also, I wanted to say you're right when you said you shouldn't trust someone who just says everything you write is wonderful. Find someone who...
A friend of mine recently wrote me the following. I tried to think back to my adolescence (which was horrible, horrible, horrible) and brainstorm some things...
Yes, write your book for yourself first. I have been writing a book for almost a year now about having Asperger's and hyperlexia and it has helped me a lot....
... That's flat-out inaccurate. People *all over* the spectrum realize we are different, and not all autistics that self-identify as having AS wish to fit in....
I have been putting my book together partly from a blog I started. Here is part of a chapter. I would like to have people read it but don't want to inflict it...
I was writing to my friend from my perspective and of course that doesn't include everybody's experience. Geri ... different. ... make themselves ... ...
... The trouble is, you were making fact-like statements about a group of people that were inaccurate. If you said "in my opinion" or something else that even...
Well, yeah, I guess I should have. But please don't tar and feather me! :) ... that doesn't ... of people that were inaccurate. If you said "in my opinion"...
Hello. I am going to have to go to the special notice setting. As to we are gonna be moving this week or next from wyoming to florida and it will take me about...
I am nineteen years old. I have been in various institutions since the age of nine. Until I was finally " normalized" enough to be released when I was sixteen....
Pretending to be Normel is indeed hard. I had to read sentances over and over to figure out what is really going on and I had to look up words in the...
... AS might sometimes make it more difficult for someone to determine their own sexual identity. I know I often "blamed" the AS for my inability to be ...
i think it's significant that there are so many AS people out there with well-developed communication skills and a willingness to use them. what we all must...
... ennough. or that they think that i am gay. its verry confusing for me. aspecialy when they tell me that they find me atractive.>> This reminds me of...
In a message dated 1/3/2005 1:58:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, asp@... writes: AS might sometimes make it more difficult for someone to determine their ...
... I even found a discussion group for Gay Christians. ... My best friend is transgendered, and probably autistic. Going through this with her was very...
... through this ... One needs to beware of the Exodious group of Gay christian's they have a dismal reputation of hurting more than they help. A TG friend is...