richie
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15 Jan 2010, 4:52 pm
To WrongPlanet!! !
You might want to check out this site: http://www.rdos.net/eng/
I took an earlier version of the quiz and got 145/200 for AS and 52 for NT.
16 Jan 2010, 8:27 am
I think my test results look a little fishy 
Do you guys think it is a good idea to get this condition officially diagnosed?
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16 Jan 2010, 12:35 pm
AspergersExpert wrote:
Welcome TomTee. You will find lots of first-person advice out there if you Google Aspergers + "Social Skills"
Welcome to the Aspie family.
Lest you get down about the diagnosis, a quote that encourages me is: Aspies "are a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life. Civilization would be...dull and sterile" without them—Atwood
Welcome to the Aspie family.
Lest you get down about the diagnosis, a quote that encourages me is: Aspies "are a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life. Civilization would be...dull and sterile" without them—Atwood
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16 Jan 2010, 4:35 pm
16 Jan 2010, 8:56 pm
16 Jan 2010, 10:03 pm
TomTee wrote:
One thing that pisses me off a little is that I have seen plenty of therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists in my lifetime and none of them have suggested AS as a possibe diagnosis. I'm 43 years old and I have to figure this out for myself? It is so obvious ..... severe social interaction problems, obsessional thinking with certain subjects, clumsy motor issues. There are not many diagnosis where these all fit together. Are they all just a bunch of idiots?
Some things I've noticed about psychologists and psychiatrists (and I've met a good number of them -- my wife and I are both BP) are that: (1) they are trying to do something very, very difficult, and (2) they're only human, with all the usual human foibles -- preconceptions, misunderstandings, distractions, superstitions, and limits on time, energy, and patience.
Trying to assess someone's psyche using scientific (objective, systematic, logical) methodologies makes a difficult task even more difficult. Our psyches are neither objective nor entirely logical. Also, the patient possesses one critical resource which the doctor lacks -- introspection, the ability to directly observe what is going on in the patient's mind.
The best doctors I have met possessed a keen sense of intuition and empathy, but such traits are rare, and it takes a special person to apply these subjective senses in an objective framework. The doctor is playing with the deck stacked mightily against them. Nonetheless, they do what they can, and that's often better than nothing
