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Mirror21
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07 Dec 2012, 8:09 pm

I found this neat little article Here Any thoughts?

Any more comprehensible articles of this nature that anyone would care to share? I would appreciate it.



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07 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm

That is a very helpful article, I think. I know I pretty much fit every symptom listed... except perhaps savant skills.

It actually made me lean more toward wanting to get an official diagnosis.


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07 Dec 2012, 11:11 pm

Thank you for the link. It is useful, and I like the way it breaks down some of the symptoms. It could include more specifics, but it is still good.



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08 Dec 2012, 1:54 am

well i don't wear diapers...so i am thankful for that.....and i can go to church...though i choose not to.

But i liked his point about it being a lifelong disability...but for those who are less severe are we still to be considered disabled though it might be in a different way?

good link overall though thanks....



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08 Dec 2012, 2:43 am

Nice, concise, a little too general.

But hey, we're autistic. We like concrete specifics.

I fit every single symptom. Amazing that we didn't figure out my autism before...



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08 Dec 2012, 3:13 am

Symptoms of adults with Asperger's are fairly close to children with Asperger's (the ones pointed out in the article are basic AS ones, whether child or adult). Asperger's seems to be the end-stage of "autism" that doesn't change too much, even if things are learnt and masked via intelligence and experience (you can see why Hans saw it as a "stable" personality disorder).

Autism is way more variable.