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24 Jul 2014, 11:36 pm

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I am not talking about classical Autism but HFA/Aspergers type because the vast majority of increase in diagnosis has been in that part of the spectrum. Most of the over diagnoses controversy revolves around that part of the spectrum. People are really much more busy and multitasking then 30,40 years ago. I have seen it personally and it has been well documented.


I'm referring to such people. I don't think even those who are "high-functioning" would have fared well in any other time in history. I also think stereotypes of what HFA looks like means a lot of people wrongly think HFAs would have done well. There were studies done by Lorna Wing that showed that adult adaptation of people with Asperger Syndrome was really bad.

I think that is a far more realistic picture of AS.

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I don't know. A great many functions can be handled online today, where in the past they would have involved leaving the house and interacting a great deal socially.



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25 Jul 2014, 3:17 am

Acedia wrote:
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I am not talking about classical Autism but HFA/Aspergers type because the vast majority of increase in diagnosis has been in that part of the spectrum. Most of the over diagnoses controversy revolves around that part of the spectrum. People are really much more busy and multitasking then 30,40 years ago. I have seen it personally and it has been well documented.


I'm referring to such people. I don't think even those who are "high-functioning" would have fared well in any other time in history. I also think stereotypes of what HFA looks like means a lot of people wrongly think HFAs would have done well. There were studies done by Lorna Wing that showed that adult adaptation of people with Asperger Syndrome was really bad.

I think that is a far more realistic picture of AS.

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True if you are below a certain point you are not going to be functional and if you are above a certain point you will be functional no matter what era you are in. Functional as judged by society/psychiatry is what I am talking about which is quite separate from doing well. The person might have been somewhat employed thus considered functional but the autism made for an unhappy marriage or no relationships at all. It was starting to change but there was a stigma against going to psychiatrists and people's marriages/sex/relationship lives was considered private, not for public consumption.


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25 Jul 2014, 3:32 am

olympiadis wrote:
Acedia wrote:
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I am not talking about classical Autism but HFA/Aspergers type because the vast majority of increase in diagnosis has been in that part of the spectrum. Most of the over diagnoses controversy revolves around that part of the spectrum. People are really much more busy and multitasking then 30,40 years ago. I have seen it personally and it has been well documented.


I'm referring to such people. I don't think even those who are "high-functioning" would have fared well in any other time in history. I also think stereotypes of what HFA looks like means a lot of people wrongly think HFAs would have done well. There were studies done by Lorna Wing that showed that adult adaptation of people with Asperger Syndrome was really bad.

I think that is a far more realistic picture of AS.

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I don't know. A great many functions can be handled online today, where in the past they would have involved leaving the house and interacting a great deal socially.


You unintentionally brought up a interesting and what should have been an obvious thoughts. I would think with all these screens there is much more sensory overload today then in 1975. While you need more networking type socialization skills today you needed more basic socialization skills then.


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25 Jul 2014, 4:38 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
You unintentionally brought up a interesting and what should have been an obvious thoughts. I would think with all these screens there is much more sensory overload today then in 1975. While you need more networking type socialization skills today you needed more basic socialization skills then.


I think the internet serves as a filter for a lot of aggression and bullying that happens in person, even though most people seem unaware of it.
Take heightism for example. There is a lot of effective control and indirect aggression that happens in person due to a large difference in height, but that doesn't happen online.
The eye contact is not there. The immediate detection of having improper body language is not there. The tone of voice is not there.
I'm much more comfortable online.
For me anxiety is more of a problem than the sensory overload.



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25 Jul 2014, 10:59 pm

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As Skibum said, NTs have no real concept of what living with daily sensory problems, perpetual anxiety, and a constant feeling of "differentness" is like.


That's not true at all, and I find your post interesting because I thought the same about you. NTs have their own stressors that perturb them, so they at least can relate. And feeling "different" to others is so incredibly common that I would argue it's fundamentally human.

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If you mean to say you thought I had no understanding of what living with sensory problems was like, I can assure you you are greatly mistaken. I am curious as to what led you to such a conclusion, as I have posted on here about my sensory experiences many times.


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25 Jul 2014, 11:16 pm

Would be a little better for me hahaha [or not], here where I live nobody knows what asperger is, they know what austim is, and if you try to explain what asperger is all they hear is: ret*d.