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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Easier to be AS and ugly?

Genevieve
Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 5:49 am 

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He reads while walking ? That's going to attract a fair bit more attention. Doesn't he trip up a lot ? Yes, he does stumble and bump into things sometimes, but not a lot. He bumps into me when he's walking with me. But mostly he's walking regular routes (to work, for example), that he's learned rea...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Easier to be AS and ugly?

Genevieve
Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 5:39 am 

Replies: 84
Views: 7,780
Oh, and I meant to add - I don't think it's easier to be AS and 'ugly'. Ugly probably attracts the same kind of misunderstanding as handsome does. It's likely easier to be average, neutral, and to blend in. For the broad run of NT's, anything outside the norm, 'not like us', is difficult to deal wit...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Easier to be AS and ugly?

Genevieve
Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 5:32 am 

Replies: 84
Views: 7,780
7 feet ? That's gunna attract a lot of attention ! It certainly does! He walks along in town with his head in a book, oblivious to surroundings. Pedestrians and cars just flow around him like water around a rock. He only notices cats. It was a hell of a surprise to me when he stood up. Seriously th...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Easier to be AS and ugly?

Genevieve
Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 5:02 am 

Replies: 84
Views: 7,780
Hi - I date a guy with AS, I'm NT, and I've observed that my AS boyfriend's experience in the world is definitely made more difficult by the way he looks. He's high-functioning, has striking looks (nearly 7ft, waist-length hair) and always stops the conversation when he walks in the room. People tur...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Support and advice for partners & friends of people with

Genevieve
Posted: 26 Aug 2008, 4:27 pm 

Replies: 5
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I forgot to say, an small example of modified communication that I might make with my (possibly) AS partner: Before my birthday, I had commented to my partner that I 'didn't want a fuss on my birthday'. On my birthday, he did not volunteer any acknowlegment of my birthday at all. I was hurt, and sev...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Support and advice for partners & friends of people with

Genevieve
Posted: 26 Aug 2008, 4:13 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 970
Thanks all, for your comments, they are very helpful. I will follow up those book suggestions. I have tentatively discussed this with him before, and he is open to discussion. Unfortunately, previous partners and others have angrily flung the 'Aspergers' word at him in an unhelpful and accusatory fa...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Support and advice for partners & friends of people with

Genevieve
Posted: 26 Aug 2008, 12:16 pm 

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Hi, I’m new to this forum and have joined in the hope of trying to understand Asperger’s Syndrome, and how to communicate and respond to it. I think that my boyfriend of 10 months may have some form of Aspergers. He is 44. I would like to persuade him to see a professional to get a diagnosis, and to...
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