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29 Aug 2009, 1:49 pm

You have many Aspie traits but, I'm curious, why do you have an IEP? It sounds like they already think something is up.



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29 Aug 2009, 2:09 pm

I'm curious because I would think an IEP would be a result of a diagnosis of some kind. Have you asked? Maybe you've already been diagnosed and nobody told you :).

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29 Aug 2009, 2:43 pm

Firstly "Do not panic",

Secondly welcome to the wrong planet.

Third, OK stereotypes exist of things like the aspie science wizard in his white coat and glasses, but it does not mean that all aspies wear white coats or are involved in science. If you look around WP you will find a lot of people who have nothing to do with science.

Also you need to understand that AS is under DXed in women becuase girls with AS are harder to spot than boys with AS. Also the clinical signs of AS in women can be different to those which the doctors are looking for.

Before you ask I am a man who is involved in the world of science, I turned a special interest into a way to earn a living.


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29 Aug 2009, 3:04 pm

Woodpecker wrote:
Also you need to understand that AS is under DXed in women becuase girls with AS are harder to spot than boys with AS. Also the clinical signs of AS in women can be different to those which the doctors are looking for.

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The Aspies I've known about are a bit different then I am (they love sci-fi, science, knowledge, etc.) . I like science too, but it's not my favorite subject. I don't know which group I should be classified in. I'm not like many Aspies (I've seen some talk to themselves and act a bit unusual and I don't really do that) and I'm not like other people. How can you describe me?

I found this article by Dr. Attwood extremely interesting and informative - The Pattern of Abilities and Development of Girls with Asperger's Syndrome...

http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/articles/ ... pers9.html

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Girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can be interested in the same topics but clinical experience suggests their special interest can be animals and classic literature. These interests are not typically associated with boys with Asperger’s Syndrome. The interest in animals can be focussed on horses or native animals and this characteristic dismissed as simply typical of young girls. However, the intensity and qualitative aspects of the interest are unusual. Teenage girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can also develop a fascination with classic literature such as the plays of Shakespeare and poetry. Both have an intrinsic rhythm that they find entrancing and some develop their writing skills and fascination with words to become a successful author, poet or academic in English literature.



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29 Aug 2009, 3:49 pm

darby54 wrote:
Teenage girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can also develop a fascination with classic literature such as the plays of Shakespeare and poetry. Both have an intrinsic rhythm that they find entrancing and some develop their writing skills and fascination with words to become a successful author, poet or academic in English literature.


8O 8O 8O OMG! !! I have the teenage girl version of AS!! ! 8O 8O 8O

Haf 2 txt my BFF ryt awy!! :P



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29 Aug 2009, 4:13 pm

Willard wrote:
darby54 wrote:
Teenage girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can also develop a fascination with classic literature such as the plays of Shakespeare and poetry. Both have an intrinsic rhythm that they find entrancing and some develop their writing skills and fascination with words to become a successful author, poet or academic in English literature.


8O 8O 8O OMG! !! I have the teenage girl version of AS!! ! 8O 8O 8O

Haf 2 txt my BFF ryt awy!! :P


:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


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29 Aug 2009, 4:45 pm

Damn. I think I have male-type AS :D


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29 Aug 2009, 5:25 pm

Willard wrote:
8O 8O 8O OMG! !! I have the teenage girl version of AS!! ! 8O 8O 8O

Haf 2 txt my BFF ryt awy!! :P

:lmao:

I know, right? 54-yr-old teenage girl here, too. :lol:



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30 Aug 2009, 2:10 pm

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Girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can be interested in the same topics but clinical experience suggests their special interest can be animals and classic literature. These interests are not typically associated with boys with Asperger’s Syndrome. The interest in animals can be focussed on horses or native animals and this characteristic dismissed as simply typical of young girls. However, the intensity and qualitative aspects of the interest are unusual. Teenage girls with Asperger’s Syndrome can also develop a fascination with classic literature such as the plays of Shakespeare and poetry. Both have an intrinsic rhythm that they find entrancing and some develop their writing skills and fascination with words to become a successful author, poet or academic in English literature.

I've always had an interest in animals and literature/books, though not classic literature.
I like reading books/stories but I'm not interested in writing.



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30 Aug 2009, 2:24 pm

I used to ask myself the very same question, but then I read said Attwoods description of Aspie girls and laughed and called my folks because it fit me to a tee :)

I had a horse obsession from age four to fourteen. I pretended to be a horse, I hade imaginary horses, I read everything available about them drew them, fantasized about them and pretended everyone else were horses too.

As far as the lit thing goes I've had my fair share of that too. I was very into classic alexandrian rhyming like oin the Odyssé (spelling in English?)and other Greek dramas.

So after I read that by Attwood I could see I might actually be Aspie and not a hypochondriac. And lo and behold, the specialists agreed.

I'm still not entirely over my horse obsession. There's something about the way they move, theirr eyes and their faces that feels so much like home to me. 8)