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When did you first hear the term "Aspergers"
Your regular therapist or counselor 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Diagnostic psychologist or psychiatrist 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
Your parents told you 16%  16%  [ 7 ]
Relative other than a parent 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
Internet 35%  35%  [ 15 ]
TV program 12%  12%  [ 5 ]
Print article (newspaper, magazine, etc) 9%  9%  [ 4 ]
Your teacher told you 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Your boss or co worker 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Aquiantaince or friend (non relative and nonwork related) 9%  9%  [ 4 ]
Your physician or other MD (who is NOT a psychiatrist) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 43

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03 May 2011, 7:37 am

I was watching a documentary in 2002 about it, to me it seemed like the most nerdy and loserish things to have and was glad I didn't.
But then 2 years later, surprise surprise!


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03 May 2011, 8:06 am

Gah - thread asks "When", poll options are "Where". :?

I first heard the term several years ago and associated it with 'that Rain Man thing'.
I realised what it really meant a couple of years ago when I read a post (on a site unrelated to Autism) from someone about their discovery.
8O Ooh, hang on a minute - that was a bit too accurate to be missed. I didn't write that post, but I could have done...


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