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01 Aug 2007, 9:45 am

Hi,

I think I either have mild AS or a mixture of AS and dyspraxia.

I have not been officially diagnosed - mostly because you need your parents to answer questions about your childhood & mine are in total denial - but I have been told I "probably have some type of developmental disorder". I had most of the AS symptoms as a child although I have learnt to hide many of them as an adult, but I still have tantrums when thwarted, stim a lot when on my own, and have difficulties being social for more than a short period of time or when I'm not in the mood.

I also hate the distractions of "working" in my open-plan office!

The only AS symptoms I don't have are being expressionless in voice/face and having a problem with understanding metaphors - in fact if anything I love to use them whenever I can! I also enjoy reading fiction (an escape from reality).

My nickname is because of the amount of money I spend on collecting weird stuff - mainly series of things like novels, textbooks and syllabuses (syllabi?) although I have now acquired a huge collection of identical M&S jumpers in every colour I can get hold of......

Some of my symptoms are more dyspraxic though, like being unable to do practical things and being ultra-sensitive to temperature (both hot & cold). I can dance though as my problems with co-ordination only apply from the waist up (I started dancing as a way of enjoying social occasions without having to talk to people!)

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01 Aug 2007, 9:55 am

Welcome to wp

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01 Aug 2007, 10:16 am

welcome to WP

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01 Aug 2007, 10:37 am

Nice to meet you, shopaholic.

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01 Aug 2007, 10:39 am

Welcome.
Do you shop on ebay?

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01 Aug 2007, 10:41 am

Welcome to WP!

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01 Aug 2007, 11:04 am

Welcome :!:

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01 Aug 2007, 12:35 pm

HI~

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01 Aug 2007, 1:35 pm

Most important Admitting that other people have a problem is a source for the cure, lol

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02 Aug 2007, 4:32 am

Autumn_Shade wrote:

Welcome.

Do you shop on ebay?

Hi everybody,

Thanks for the welcome!

I do occasionally shop on ebay but more often on Amazon/Abebooks.

Scary how much I can spend with a few clicks of the mouse (I just got my credit card bills!)

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02 Aug 2007, 9:20 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet ! :roll:

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