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HEY, when I was a 5 year old, they treated me like a 5 year old! HEY, I was around guns, and didn't play with them. I knew a LOT about biology, electronics, aviation, etc... I WOULD have known about computers if they didn't cost millions of dollars, etc... When the costs finally came down a few years later, I knew how computers worked and were built! So I don't discount what people say merely because they are young.

Steve

Ah, well, you're in the minority.

Congrats to you for not having the BS ageist superiority complex most adults tend to have.

Now I've got to work on my teachers...

Around here, I don't think SteveK is in the minority at all.

One of my favourite scenarios is where I'm deep in conversation with a 3 year old, and some idiot NT adult butts in to talk to me. I ignore them. They get quite thrown by that.

I am ageist in only one aspect. I know that, as a general rule, older people have more experience. All that means to me is that I don't expect a 3yo to be familiar with string theory or a 16yo to have visited Knossos.

I'm here because nobody in my family and friends group understand my AS. I receive help from other aspies, and I try to help others with my poor comments. Also, I discover a part of myself everyday, in all posts on the forums.

I can be myself and tell you about my problems, obsessions, anxiety, . . . and I know you understand me.

I am here to find those who are like me.

For once in my life, to find a kindred spirit.

To find other people who walk their daily life in the same shoes I wear.

To ask for guidance. To give guidance.

To look in the mirror and recognize the face staring back at me.

I think I was a bit lonely.

because i always knew i was born an alien, and here discovered i'm not the only one.

so many interesting topics and people, it's almost unreal.

and the viewpoints of all of you help me not to give up myself, not to consider me as 'a being that has to change herself in order to fit in' but more like someone who has the task of finding out an excisting difficult but interesting way of solving things.

I originally came here to find out more about AS but now I'm here because I like the company of others on the spectrum.

.... and then I became addicted

im here for the avatars.....

and is there a cure?


(for WP addiction, that it)


((Nooo... don't cure me!! ! I like it too much!! !))

I don't know about Knossos, but by sixteen I had visited The Bahamas, England (London), Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv), and Jordan (Petra ruins) as well as most of the 46 (United) States...

Edit: and Canada (forgot about that)

I came here for information... I stay for advice, understanding, and the companionship of others like me.

Good for you, and I wish I'd been to that many places.

It doesn't show up too well, but I did put "expect" in italics.

If the 3yo turns out to know a bit of M-plane theory, I'll listen, 'cos I don't understand that too well (if at all ).

I've only spent a day at Knossos (Crete, Minotaur, and all that), so if the 16yo has spent the summer doing a dig there, I'd be fascinated.

Hopefully, I've usually got something useful to give back.

yay! interesting responses by everyone!! I'm here for several reasons.

1. to understand what "aspergers" is.

2. to cope with it, and relate to other people on the spectrum.

3. to fulfill curiousity. (each member has something insightful or humorous to add to the forum)

i'm sure there's more reasons. but thats all for now.

plus, this site is addictive.

I'm here to see what other people with Asperger's are like and to see how they live their lives. I'm also kinda bored.