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btbnnyr
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15 Oct 2012, 9:52 pm

Radiofixr wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
btbnnyr wrote:
I stood up for a young guy with autism when he was not around. People were saying that he was a sociopath due to him having some bad meltdowns. The unfortunate thing was that these people who were so quick to call him a sociopath in his absence all had AS themselves.



Sometimes I do not understand why people on the spectrum feel the need to judge others on the spectrum for their traits.


Amen!---I realize everyone is different and never criticize a person for it because I understand what it is like to live with it and try to survive with it-but I have been criticized maybe for good reasons(I do not believe in good reasons to build up ones self esteem and then rip it way) and bad reasons (maybe not on purpose but maybe for mean reasons) it is tough.


It was bizarro, because these people were saying the same things about him that NTs would say about them if they were the ones to have a meltdown. That he was being manipulative. That he could control his behavior but chose not to. He is only a young guy, a teenager, who had severe traits as a child, but grew up to function well at the eggspense of being eggstremely stressed out all the time.



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16 Oct 2012, 1:20 am

No. I once told an asperger's friend of my own condition, but he was really annoying. He would tell others about my asperger's (a relatively well-guarded secret), but luckily no one ever took him seriously. I would always say 'no comment' or outright deny my condition when he mentioned it. In my defense it was in the preservation of my public image, and people often approach me for help with important questions, so tarnishing my image with the stigma of autism might have limited the number of people I help. He was a victim of circumstance, poor fellow, but I had to sacrifice him to help the many.