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It's not just on that particular forum, judging by the behaviour of other Americans towards me on YouTube, most of the ones I've seen online are clearly less than intelligent IMO, look who they voted in as their President recently?!
Here in the US, they've changed the diagnosing manual for physicians to include Asperger's as part of autism, which is a double-edged sword. Saying you have Asperger's is one thing, saying you have autism is entirely different...people see autism as being something awful, while Asperger's is being 'peculiar' or 'wierd' but not 'autistic'. However - for children in school, it's important for them to get access to needed resources and the change makes that easier because autism is a federally recognized disability, and including Asperger's can get children help they couldn't access before.
I have a question. What exactly do true autistic people look like?Very interesting. At first, I was pretty clumsy when I said I had aspergers, because I felt a fraud, despite knowing deep inside I do and so, because of how clumsy I felt and well, taking on board their confusion, in case they did not know about aspergers I would stupidly say: well it is similar to autism and would not be able to carry on the conversation, because they would say: are you sure, you do not look at all autisic and I would get an incredulous look, which in turn made me feel awful and deeply embarrassed. But now, things are better, because I know that I have aspergers and just wait til the time I can get official.
I have a question. What exactly do true autistic people look like?
how?They look perfectly, for want of a better word, "normal" in most cases.
Some people though, without being horrible, you can tell they have a mental disability.
I never really accepted im autistic i just knew i was autistic from the diagnosis. I think you should find hobbys or things that you like to do to where you have daily motivation. Good Luck on what they talk about and what they decide for youMy old psychiatrist says I have Asperger's, my new psychiatrist says I have Asperger's, my social worker says I have Asperger's, my mum says I have Asperger's. I've spent nearly every day for the last year and a half reading about it since they told me hearing people's experiences, trying to connect to people with it, and even going as far as listing down examples of how I think it affects me. And I still can't come to terms with it. Sometimes I think I'm just lazy because I have no motivation in life. What do I need to do?
I've asked my social worker if I could have some sort of report written on paper on why they think I have it because I don't know what I'm putting out there to make them think that. He said they'll talk about it at our next appointment.
Can anybody relate to this? Or am I alone with this like always?
My old psychiatrist says I have Asperger's, my new psychiatrist says I have Asperger's, my social worker says I have Asperger's, my mum says I have Asperger's. I've spent nearly every day for the last year and a half reading about it since they told me hearing people's experiences, trying to connect to people with it, and even going as far as listing down examples of how I think it affects me. And I still can't come to terms with it. Sometimes I think I'm just lazy because I have no motivation in life. What do I need to do?
I've asked my social worker if I could have some sort of report written on paper on why they think I have it because I don't know what I'm putting out there to make them think that. He said they'll talk about it at our next appointment.
Can anybody relate to this? Or am I alone with this like always?