Expressing Doubts: First Scientific Refutal Of Asperger's

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That's also known as trolling

I saw the entire video. For the most part it says that males score much higher in math than females, and that males take more interest in patterns. The video in itself is not really indicative of anything. People(and the speaker) spin science to be socially appropriate is what I gathered.

your posts are not intelligent. just arrogant. and ignorant.

"....the speaker...?"

Hmmm, .....you are either even more ignorant than I thought, or you really have nothing better to do and possibly like making ants explode with a magnifying glass for kicks.

Either way, I regret that I was a little slower than others in seeing that I am wasting my time.
Good luck with your quest for 'the truth'.

Are you seriously trying to suggest that the reason I was diagnosed is because of my gifted IQ? Not, say, all the things written in the report such as stimming, failing to meet eye contact, not understanding or reacting to humor, difficulty in forming social attachments with peers, plus a detailed history of impairment going back into childhood? I really want to be sarcastic here, because you cannot make such a judgment over the internet. I've actually been diagnosed twice with AS, by two different professionals, by people who are aware of my history and how I look and act.



Actually, the question is not so baffling. One issue is that girls are not taken seriously when referred for diagnosis:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 100410.php

Also, the current trend is for women to score higher on IQ tests than men. I am not actually saying that one can conclude that men are not as intelligent as women, as there are probably many factors at work. However, I am saying that the evidence that men are generally more intelligent is not something that is empirically supported.



If you truly believe this statement, when do you plan to start acting in accord with it? Because right now you're making things up and asserting them as true.

Also: ADHD is not due to a few random mutations, nor is it a list of personality traits. It is a neurological developmental disorder that occurs in ~5% of the population, and is correlated with differences in neurological development (hence the label). It is one of the most highly heritable conditions (along with autism) and is on average more severe and more impairing than most outpatient mental health problems (such as generalized anxiety disorder and major depression).

All of the above is mentioned - along with many other facts about ADHD - in a book titled ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says, You should check it out, since you might learn something from it. That is, assuming you are open to information that contradicts your beliefs and assumptions. So far, you've given little sign of flexibility in your views. This means you're basically wasting everyone's time.

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"Stereotype threat."

Google it.

Ah yes, your troubles are the result of other's intolerance to difference. And somehow you're the one at fault?

Asperger's serves no scientific purpose, has no proven mechanism behind it, and no known causes. Whether you were diagnosed is not relevant to my concern.

It's becoming clearer with each post you make that your "concern" is to denigrate both professionals and the people here who were diagnosed by them, and that's something I'm not going to allow.