Aspies from India

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i was wondering whether there are any aspies from India...get in touch...

I'm not aware of any. And no one from India has logged onto this map yet.
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I hope I'm wrong.

You might want to put yourself on the map. Maybe someone will find you.

BeeBee

thanks for the reply.

hope somebody is there

I happen to know an Indian HFA (high-functioning autistic) that lived in my apartment complex when I was a young adolescent (12-14). He had a lot of the same difficulties I do (lack of real "social skills", a loner, perseverations on "strange" things, etc.)...I interacted with him from time to time, and played video games sometimes and visited him at his apartment, where he lived with his parents. He was in an autistic group home after he moved out of my 'hood, but eventually moved back with his parents. He never had a job (I do, and it can be a pain-in-the-arse dealing with people who don't "get you", and vice-versa), but anyway. Don't know if I'll ever see him again; I moved away from where we grew up and don't know where he is now. Just wanted to make this post to tell of my experience having known an Indian with AS.

India is a 'developing country,' which means that they still have many problems with poverty. There are rich people in India too, but the average person cannot afford computers and to use the internet. In fact, many cannot afford to attend school, and do not learn to read. Most people in India probably haven't even heard of AS, and even if they did, they cannot do much for people with AS when they can barely afford to buy food.

That is why you won't find many people from India on the internet, let alone people who have AS.

there are more Homeless people living on the streets in India than the entire population of the United States..

Wow..I never would've guessed there are more homeless on the streets in India than the whole U.S. population, which is what nearly 300 million? How sad, regarding the homeless in India (or anywhere); do you know if there is anything the Indian people are trying to do to reduce that problem? Not enough jobs, housing..what? Again, I never would have guessed that about India; I thought we were the ones with the greatest homeless problem. (We certainly lead the world in other societal ills, but anyway)

so 1/3 of their population are homeless?

It would depend how you define homeless. Probably far less than that actually sleep in the streets. But many more are probably vulnerably housed - they may live in some kind of building made of mud bricks and corrugated iron, but do not own the land, and could be evicted off it at any time.

It's not the same, but when I visited Egypt, many buildings had no roof, and there were people sleeping in the street sometimes (but the police probably try to keep them away from areas visited by tourists, due to tourism being so important to the economy of Egypt). It may well be similar in India.

Well, I'm German actually, but I spent almost half my life in India (Delhi) and I also know Hindi. Would love to return there and live there again, but nowadays I have to take care of my parents here in Germany, I don't want to leave them alone in their old age.

Im an aspie and Im friends with an Indian kid is that good enough???

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