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What do[i]you[/i] love the most about being an aspie?!
Poll ended at 11 Jan 2006, 7:11 pm
Focus 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Focus 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Unique Global 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Unique Global 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Independent Thinking 17%  17%  [ 9 ]
Independent Thinking 17%  17%  [ 9 ]
Internal Motivation 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Internal Motivation 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Attention To Detail 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
Attention To Detail 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
3-dimensional thinking 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
3-dimensional thinking 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
Cutting Through The Smoke Screen 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Cutting Through The Smoke Screen 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Total votes : 54

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06 Jan 2006, 7:11 pm

What doyou love the most about being an aspie?! :D

Hmm... I'm thinking this one through...

The Eight Asperger Advantages

from Kristina Elaine, Asperger coach
http://www.coachingasperger.com/advantages.html


FOCUS
Your ability to focus on one objective over long periods of time without becoming distracted allows you to accomplish large and challenging tasks.

UNIQUE GLOBAL INSIGHTS
Your ability to find novel connections among multi-disciplinary facts and ideas allows you to create new, coherent, and meaningful insight that others would not have reached without you.

INDEPENDENT THINKING
Your willingness to consider unpopular or unusual possibilities generates new options and opportunities and can pave the way for others.

INTERNAL MOTIVATION
Rather than being swayed by social convention, other's opinions, social pressure or fears, you can hold firm to your own purpose. Your unique ideas can thrive, despite naysayers.

ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Your ability to remember and process minute details without getting lost or overwhelmed gives you a distinct advantage when solving complex problems.

3-DIMENSIONAL THINKING
Your ability to utilize 3-dimensional visioning gives you a unique perspective when designing and creating solutions.

CUTTING THROUGH THE SMOKE SCREEN
Your ability to recognize and speak the truth that is being "conveniently" ignored by others can be vital to the success of a project or endeavor.

LOGICAL DECISION MAKING
Your ability to make logical and rational decisions and stick to your course of action without being swayed by impulse or emotional reactions allows you to navigate successfully through difficult situations without being pulled off-course.[/i]



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06 Jan 2006, 7:15 pm

Mmm, I don't know if Ms. Elaine has it right in her descriptions of Attention to Detail and Logical Decision Making. I *do* get overwhelmed by a thousand little details. And my impulse control is quite poor.

I voted Independent Thinking, though I think several Aspie traits are positives.


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06 Jan 2006, 7:23 pm

grayson wrote:
Mmm, I don't know if Ms. Elaine has it right in her descriptions of Attention to Detail and Logical Decision Making. I *do* get overwhelmed by a thousand little details. And my impulse control is quite poor.

I voted Independent Thinking, though I think several Aspie traits are positives.


I voted for Unique Global Insights. Though I love each of these other aspie traits equally as well.



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06 Jan 2006, 7:26 pm

BY THE WAY THAT POLL OPTION: UNIQUE GLOBAl SHOULD REALLY SAY UNIQUE GLOBAL INSIGHTS.



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06 Jan 2006, 7:27 pm

I like the internal motivation the best. It's the AS trait that's helped me the most so far.



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06 Jan 2006, 7:30 pm

Indepent thinking get's my vote.



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06 Jan 2006, 7:32 pm

Kiss_my_AS wrote:
Indepent thinking get's my vote.


Yes, a very popular choice.



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06 Jan 2006, 10:38 pm

I think aspergers does give advantages in alot of ways and I hate how I run into people who think aspergers is only a pure disablity and doesn't have any advantages.

hmmm Aspies have good motivation? I can't say i've experienced this so I won't put it. I wish I did have good motivation.



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07 Jan 2006, 7:48 am

Independant thinking gets my vote.

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I didn't read the descriptions when I voted,but my definition of independant thinking includes what is described here as internal motivation.


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08 Jan 2006, 1:55 am

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:
I think aspergers does give advantages in alot of ways and I hate how I run into people who think aspergers is only a pure disablity and doesn't have any advantages.

hmmm Aspies have good motivation? I can't say i've experienced this so I won't put it. I wish I did have good motivation.


Not to insult any other disorder,because I have great sympathy for disorders to be quie frank,
but I think having Aspergers is such a remarkable gift if used correctly in this strange confusing world of ours. We definitely have an advantage in every part of the brain besides socializing than the Neurotypicals. But socializing is so over rated and emphaized that I feel if the world were runned by Aspies than we'd have discovered all the mysteriously unknown questions out there. Intellectually socializing would be highly accepted than that of small talks and meaninless conversations. I'm glad I am reassured of these advantages that you see posted above because sometimes these Nts really can do a number on you and put you at a disadvantage on many aspects of life... :D



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08 Jan 2006, 2:57 am

I didn't vote.
i cannot make up my mind over 7 of them.

I can honestly state i lack in the creative side (issues no tought involed)
the 3-d thing no. All else, i pick them.


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08 Jan 2006, 8:57 am

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I can honestly state i lack in the creative side.
Dooooon't yooooou belieeeve it......


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08 Jan 2006, 10:41 am

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What doyou love the most about being an aspie?! :D

Hmm... I'm thinking this one through...

The Eight Asperger Advantages

from Kristina Elaine, Asperger coach
http://www.coachingasperger.com/advantages.html


FOCUS
Your ability to focus on one objective over long periods of time without becoming distracted allows you to accomplish large and challenging tasks.
No, I actually tend to lose interest in most things very quickly. I go from one objective to another; so I often accomplish very little, especially since I don't get much enjoyment from doing most things.


UNIQUE GLOBAL INSIGHTS
Your ability to find novel connections among multi-disciplinary facts and ideas allows you to create new, coherent, and meaningful insight that others would not have reached without you.
I voted for this because I think it fits me somewhat.

INDEPENDENT THINKING
Your willingness to consider unpopular or unusual possibilities generates new options and opportunities and can pave the way for others.
Sure.

INTERNAL MOTIVATION
Rather than being swayed by social convention, other's opinions, social pressure or fears, you can hold firm to your own purpose. Your unique ideas can thrive, despite naysayers.
I tend to be internally motivated except that I am highly dependent on external reward: pleasurable sensations, meeting a goal, etc. For example, I have little ability to persist at making sample webpages because I cannot foresee getting any clients with them anyway (thus no reward), or the reward would be extremely delayed.

ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Your ability to remember and process minute details without getting lost or overwhelmed gives you a distinct advantage when solving complex problems.
I can be either extremely meticulous or extremely vague; this may be do to poor wiring between the hemispheres at the corpus colloseum.

3-DIMENSIONAL THINKING
Your ability to utilize 3-dimensional visioning gives you a unique perspective when designing and creating solutions.
I have a much higher Verbal IQ than Performance IQ, and I am cruddy with visualization.

CUTTING THROUGH THE SMOKE SCREEN
Your ability to recognize and speak the truth that is being "conveniently" ignored by others can be vital to the success of a project or endeavor.
Sure.

LOGICAL DECISION MAKING
Your ability to make logical and rational decisions and stick to your course of action without being swayed by impulse or emotional reactions allows you to navigate successfully through difficult situations without being pulled off-course.
I do tend to be swayed by my desires and emotions, but I am generally pretty logical.



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08 Jan 2006, 1:32 pm

Independent thinking, which can also be linked to ADD/ADHD. Forget the accepted way, I like mine.


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09 Jan 2006, 12:58 pm

Sorry my last post was a bit off topic... I didn't mean to turn any one off... :oops:



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09 Jan 2006, 1:00 pm

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:
I think aspergers does give advantages in alot of ways and I hate how I run into people who think aspergers is only a pure disablity and doesn't have any advantages.

hmmm Aspies have good motivation? I can't say i've experienced this so I won't put it. I wish I did have good motivation.


What exactly did you voted for MindOfOrderedChaos?Simply out of curiousity...