Yolanda wrote:
>That would describe me to a tee. I was diagnosed as ADD as a child and
>having Asperger's disorder as an adult. I think there are a large number
>of undiagnosed Asperger's geniuses here on this list, in fact. There's a
>lot more of us than anyone realizes.
I was never completly diagnosed as having Asperger's ("disorder" is not
correct BTW, "syndrome" (sp?) is correct), but it was atleast suspected.
I drew an *enourmous* advantage due to this since I was able to transfer to
another school (this was when I was 11, and not until I was 15 (or was it
14?) was it actually possible to choose schools freely here in Sweden).
I really don't think I would be sitting here writing this if that wouldn't
have happened. Well of course I couldn't have written it - but I would NOT
go on to become a programmer. Mostly since the teachers/staff at the new
school were trusting everyone. I even had a key so I could go in to
whatever computer room I wanted - and I got that from one in the staff that
didn't even know why I was attending the school. This was as opposed to my
old school were everyone was suspected of beeing illegal in one way or the
other. But also since I think I would have been up in a few courts by now.
Violence can be a sollution to most problems, it just ain't a good
sollution. And no, I never beat a girl or someone who didn't ask for it
since that would have been dishonest. I still wonder why the other kids
wanted to fight since I never lost (ok, when they were four or more (1 to
~20 isn't very fair odds but I was probably the fastest on the entire
school so they never did catch me) I would rather run than stand my ground).
Strangely enough not anyone that I knew from that time has come up and
wanted to start a fight after I left school, on the other hand very few
have actually dared to even talk to/recognize me (mostly girls have talked
to me since they always knew I wouldn't hurt them no matter what they did,
and they have always been nice so there wasn't/isn't any point in getting
upset anyway).
There are many small things that have changed my life in various ways, I
would suspect everyone has them but that mine have changed my life much
more than the average case.
And no, I will not tell my life story on the list so don't worry this is
all I'll tell you.
I agree with you Yolanda, I also think diffrent forms of Autism are more
common than people think/realize. Having a diagnose doesn't mean that you
are sitting in a weelchair drouling all over (not even when you are
diagnosed with ex. Cerebral Pares is this the case). Most people can live
their lives perfectly well without any problems at all, and people with ex.
Asperger's are often very succesfull in whatever profession they choose.
They tend to be extremly focused on tasks - sometimes even a little too
much. Perhaps watching Star Wars 6 times is enough? ;)
>Anyway, this discussion has gone way beyond the bounds of this list....
I agree... I just felt I needed to tell a little about myself as well
(since I'm one of those "undiagnosed Asperger's geniuses"), and add a
little correction.
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