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Hallo guys,

I was wondering, did any of you ask a lot of 'what if' questions when you were kids?
My mum put that down on my CAHMS questionnaire at the beginning of the assessment process and I read about it on a couple of other sites which said it was an AS trait. She put "Asking 'what if' re: impossible things which could never happen". I don't have the questionnaire. Is this an Aspie thing?
I do remember I used to bombard my parents with questions about every little thing- some obviously Aspie which peers would have known intrinsically, some like the 'what if', I guess, and about 50% treating them like dictionaries for words in books. Were you very talkative as a child?
I did babble on about my special interests, but I talked about lots of other things too, still do. Although it usually always came back to the special interest I was obsessed with a kind of animal, so everyone knew me as the 'that kind of animal' girl- at school, friends' parents, family, church, the lady who worked in the greengrocers...
Now I shut up about it mostly. Not great at doing conversational speech, wouldn't know how to 'give and take' on something the other person probably doesn't know much about, if I still have some trouble doing it with general things which you can learn a script for (i.e. small talk!).

P.s

Is it just me or is this Leicester Uni sentence weird?

"The majority of students in HE have an Asperger syndrome label, so AS will be used throughout."
Either
a/ it's a typo
b/ they think that *everyone* is on the autistic spectrum to a varying degree ('pet hate' of mine!), but then they wouldn't say "the majority"

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ssds/acces ... r-syndrome

Am not planning on applying to Leicester (so far! in Y12) but it seems they have fantastic autism provision. Does anyone go there?

Yeah I did notice that, I notice I still do that alot.
Aspies have unique ways of thinking, match that with impaired ability for small talk and you get....Speaking about the strange things you think of as conversation starters. People often tell me that I am a 'deep thinker' or that I have a unique way of speaking. I notice this, and I embrace it. The only downfall of asperger's is that I get exhausted from too much talking. Talking requires brainpower, and intellectually stimulating conversation is especially exasperating. Small talk requires very little brainpower to NT's because it comes naturally, which is why (I think) they can talk for hours on end about nothing. I find about the 2-3 hour point I get very exhausted, mentally clouded. My brain wants to shut down and not work properly, like being vamped on sleep. For people I dont know well, shut down could be as early as 10-15 minutes.

I do that a lot too.

If you look at the preceding sentences I think they mean that the majority of students in HE, with a diagnosis on the spectrum, have an Asperger sydrome label. (As opposed to a diagnosis of Autism, AS requiring an average or above IQ). It is a badly written sentence.


It seems to be part of a spectrum of disorders that can be broken down a follows.
Asperger syndrome Ability to learn through social interaction and communication is impaired.
Autism AS plus speech and language difficulties. Classic autism (Kanner) – autism plus severe learning difficulties

Students arrive at University with different ‘labels’. The majority of students in HE have an Asperger syndrome label, so AS will be used throughout.

I did ask lot of what if questions and my dad used to tell me all the time worrying was a waste of time and energy. Mom used to tell me I was worrying over nothing and making assumptions. I still do it sometimes and mom told me over the phone to stop and I am making lot of false assumptions about what things are going to be like.

Yes I did talk a lot as a child. I can still be very talkative. Now I don't talk about my obsessions anymore.