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I live in the UK. I have a moderate hearing loss (but I can speak so well that most people don't know that I'm deaf).

I think I might have Asperger's Syndrome. I tend to be very verbose, and just deleted about 400 words worth of text. My annual check up with the doctor for my hearing (I have more frequent ones with audiologists) told me three times "You're not normal" and sent me off for a blood test. She thinks I might have a hyperactive thyroid and if that comes back negative, then I should go to my GP to get tested for hyperactivity (ADHD is probably what she meant).

I'd quite like diagnosis- not only for AS, but whatever it is I 'have'. I know that I'm different. My peers know I'm different. Some have even asked me if I have Asperger's. Others have told me outright that they think I should 'get checked out' because I'm a freak in there eyes. I don't mind, though.

I think it would be nice just to 'know' as of such, or at least have a label to give to others, because as much as I've tried to ignore them, people seem to only be willing to accept them if they have a label. Plus, I think it would be a relief.

I'm aware of stigma; I get enough of that when I tell people about my hearing loss.

I have a few online friends, but mostly I find it difficult to make them because I'm always concerned that I'll offend them. That said, I prefer contacting most rl people online.

I have a few 'friends' which may be stretching the definition rather significantly for most of them, but I find anything more than that exhausting. My conversations with them are almost always factual and other 'normal' people have more difficulty following them and/or think they're weird.

I like skiing, because I feel like I am flying when carving, although most of my time is spent doing downhill slalom. Except for - possibly - ice skating, it's the only sport I'm good at.

I tend to have different topics which I like to research, although I've spent months on Autism and keep coming back to eating disorders.

I also read a lot of fanfiction, although I don't think of it as a special interest, even if my mother thinks it's an obsession of mine.

I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to put here - this isn't meant to be a 'do you think I have it' post, because I haven't listed many 'traits' I have and you're not able to assess me - I just put some background information down, I suppose.

I'm not exactly 'new', here, although that is rather relative. But, I thought I'd say hello, nonetheless!

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome to WP.

That's interesting in that I seem to be the other way around. Asperger's affects people in different ways.



Oh, yes. I am also acutely aware of this; unfortunately, it isn't easy to avoid this much of the time.



Even my own mum (who had me diagnosed when I was two!) says that some of my behaviour is odd! So I know where you're coming from with this.

Anyway, welcome on in.

Thank-you!

I'm fairly quiet around people I don't know or in places I'm unfamiliar with (anywhere outside of school, really), and have been known to go weeks without speaking to someone - and even a month, in one case - except for to answer questions in class. But, when I get started, I seem to go on forever. Oops. Unless, I don't know them; then I have a stutter and it's rather pointless. Plus, I don't know what to say, or how to continue a conversation. My mother thinks that I save up all my speech for one long one.

One time I was surprised about how little I spoke was at cadets, and a boy who had been away for a while came up to me and said "Wait, you speak now? I thought you were that silent kid who only laughs."

I either talk too much, or too little, it seems. Especially on the internet.

Edit: Oh, and I agree about 'NO to the EU'.


It used to bother me, but there was one occassion where at the cadets I used to attend, some boy was onto me about being the 'silent kid' and when I told him I was deaf, he started spelling out words. Except, he was dyslexic. I found it amusing, and thought that it wasn't really worth the hassle.



My mother frequently tells me to 'act normal' and that I 'make [myself] look like a ret*d'. I thought people weren't supposed to fret over other's opinions of themselves. People are so contradictory. They tell others to be an individual, but as soon as anyone steps out of the cookie cutter they're onto them!

I wish my mother would have taken me for an assessment earlier. She thinks that sending my brother and I for any kind of assessment might knock our self esteem. Although, to be fair, she went through a fair few years (until I was six because I could speak too well, knew that I had to press the button when they played the sound (so I watched for when they pressed it, and can lipread) trying to get me diagnosed as deaf, so maybe she doesn't want to go through it again.

Once again, I've managed to speak too much. And, I talk about myself too much. I'll have to make more of an effort not to.

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