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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 7:09 pm
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| This will be my last post here. Not because I am upset or don't want to explain myself, but because it is not really good for me to get overstressed, and that's precisely what is happening to me in this thread. Just because I am "neurotypical" doesn't mean I don't have anything. I do indeed have som... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 3:54 pm
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| Folks, I would like to sincerely apologize. If I came across as someone trying to hurt people it was due to my unfortunate choice of words. Please don't assume that I don't understand what you or your kids are going through. In fact, I went through many of those things myself. My goal here is self-e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 12:08 am
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| Autism is not a disease. It's a pervasive developmental disorder. It is not contagious. it doesn't spread throughout your body, or from person to person. The word "disorder" implies "disease" (or "illness" if you prefer, basically something pathologic in your body). Not all diseases are contagious. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 12:04 am
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| I am not saying you are wrong, I am just curious. Usually, people don't get happy when they are diagnosed with a mental illness or a disability. Um. The diagnosis didn't GIVE us Aspergers or Autism. We had that before. People with AS know they're different, usually from a very young age. Being diag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 9:16 pm
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MrXxx wrote: Now there's a good idea. Pour some gasoline on that fire!
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 9:13 pm
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| I am not saying you are wrong, I am just curious. Usually, people don't get happy when they are diagnosed with a mental illness or a disability. Um. The diagnosis didn't GIVE us Aspergers or Autism. We had that before. People with AS know they're different, usually from a very young age. Being diag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 8:52 pm
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| Usually, people don't get happy when they are diagnosed with a mental illness or a disability. That's a bold statement. It would be interesting to see if there's any large-scale research into it. Though it tallies with personal experience: Doctor: You're depressed. Me: Well yeah, but that's not it.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 8:46 pm
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| Having the diagnosis helped explain a lot of what went wrong in the past and why I've never had any friends. I'm not so much happy I have AS, it's more that I know why I'm so different from the majority of people. Are you sure you never had ANY friends? One or two good friends is quite enough, I th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 8:42 pm
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| I was happy that I finally knew what was wrong with me. I was happy that I wasn't the only person on the planet that felt the way I did and that I wasn't broken or defective. Also, it's become one of my major interests so I was happy to have something new to research and obsess over. I wasn't happy... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 8:32 pm
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| I don't understand why the OP has 6 posts and declares people are happy to be diagnosed as autistic. Where did you gather your assumptions from? The internet or actual people you've met? Did they say that they were happy or did you come to the conclusion that because someone openly admitted they we... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why are many people happy to be diagnosed with AS? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 4:25 pm
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| I am not saying you are wrong, I am just curious. Usually, people don't get happy when they are diagnosed with a mental illness or a disability. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnosed |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2010, 4:18 pm
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| now it is the time to stop trying so hard to be "Exactly" like everyone else to satisfy them and stand up for who you are, embrace your talents, and push them to the front in dealing with life and people. I am really curious - why couldn't you do it before you were diagnosed? In my opinion, you sho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not AS after all. |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 9:57 pm
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| Elderwanda, thank you for posting. I am actually trying to find out more about people like you who were mistakenly diagnosed with AS by an inexperienced health-care professional. When that happens, it is very difficult to backtrack, like you did. I strongly suspect that there are many such people, b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic process |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 9:43 pm
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Sydney wrote: do you want respocnes from people with no diagnosis of aspergers syndrome? I am diangosed with a diferent ASD from aspergers sydrome.
Absolutely, I would appreciate responses from everyone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic process |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 10:53 am
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| I'm guessing you're looking for responses from adults, sorry. Actually I am looking for responses from everyone but thanks for reminding me to ask one more question: How old are you now and how old were you when you were diagnosed? Thanks everyone for your responses. Please pass this on to other fr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic process |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 12:14 am
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| Hi everybody, I am a health care professional interested in the process of diagnosing Asperger's syndrome. If you don't mind, could each of you answer the following questions: 1) What was the specialty of the doctor or doctors who diagnosed you? 2) How many doctors did you visit to get a diagnosis? ... |
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