is wrongplanet not the right planet for me either?

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My opinions are rather unpopular here, many of them, anyway. I don't make friends and PM people here. For me it's just interesting to discuss autism.

I do have some of the same problems here as IRL like taking an argument too far, accidentally offending people and not recognizing when a subject could be emotionally charged and when people are likely to have emotional reactions to what I say. Also, being manipulated, taking things at face value. I got taken in by a troll here and had a really long conversation with her and found links for her thinking she was asking serious questions. She was removed from the forum and all of her posts were later that day.

I've seen warnings about being careful of Love and Dating. And I responded to something not realizing it was there and it turned out I don't think the person meant what I thought they meant. Which they told me pretty nicely.

Maybe just different forums would help?

And sometimes someone just is angry, it happens. Doesn't mean you don't belong.

LOL......You've gotten lots of responses--which means people on WrongPlanet aren't standoffish.

There's a wide array of people on here, and a wide array of subjects which are discussed/enjoyed.

For some reason, the welcome mat hasn't been extended to me as of yet. However, I keep plugging away! This is what life for Aspies is like--the necessity for plugging away in order to achieve a desired result. Not plugging away will invariably yield undesired results.

There are some people who have set opinions, which is an integral component of their "world." Others are more open. There are 7 billion people in this world, and 7 billion different views of life. The ones who are open will benefit most from life; I just believe that the stubborn ones, the closed-minded ones, are frequently banging their heads against metaphorical walls to no effect, except injury to themselves. I would not hope for anyone to bash his/her head against a real wall--let me emphasize that LOL

There's lots of richness and beauty in this world--accessible via various means: internet, ship, plane, car, etc. I hope, in my old age, to travel the world

Please revel in the richness.

Having autism makes it diffucult to determine if you belong. Online makes it difficult to determine such a thing also, so perhaps its just getting lost in translation. I'm not sure what you're expecting being 'welcome' to feel like, but I haven't seen any activity that suggests there's any active hostility between members here. I would encourage you to stay, but in the end its your choice.

Thanks, Wozeree!

How'd you get your name?

I got mine from a kid who felt sorry for me when I was 9 years old (44 years ago). He saw how much I was teased, and proposed I counter with calling myself Krafty K******* (the second K begins my last name).

HI!

My original name didn't work and I just kept adding stuff till it accepted it.

I like your name.

I like the optimism in your name.

I come from the time of "Minimal Brain Dysfunction." There was no Asperger's; no ADD even. There were no IEP's, even. The definition of autism was much narrower in those days. The autistic person, if known as such, was purely one who was severely affected in all ways--what is perceived as "low-functioning" these days. Hans Asperger was only known amongst people in his field. Leo Kanner's work was more widely known (though, still, not by the general public). People who exhibited HFA/Asperger's type symptoms were either considered to have "Minimal Brain Dysfunction" or were just considered nerds or "eggheads," without a diagnosis. Asperger's Syndrome is only about a 30-year-old disorder.

I believe most of the reason for the supposed "increased incidence" of autism is the much-broadened definition of it from the
1980's to the present, versus the pre-1980's conception of it. Autism wasn't a spectrum before 1980.

Understandable--that's how I interpreted your name as well.

I wonder how it would be received if we started a thread about how autism, Asperger's, etc was perceived in the old days, so people could convey their history. It was much different before 1973, when the first act dealing with people with disabilities and school was passed. Before that, inclusion into a mainstream class was a foreign concept. I, for one, in first grade (1967) was placed in a class with kids of many disabilities. I hated school then, and hated my teacher--but, in retrospect, I should appreciate that teacher because I did learn something in that class despite the above fact. The teacher was able to give me individual attention; she realized I was academically-capable; some other kids in that class really weren't.