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25 Sep 2006, 10:50 pm

I know I've asked this before in another thread but I hardly got answers so I'm going to ask it again but this time in a separate thread so that everyone sees it.

Can someone explain to me what the difference is between text AS and AS?



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25 Sep 2006, 10:56 pm

What do you meen by text as?


Sorry it's my bad english :oops:



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25 Sep 2006, 11:55 pm

Do you mean "textbook" AS? I'm confused.



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26 Sep 2006, 2:57 am

Maybe she means AS with hyperlexia (a common comorbid trait)?


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26 Sep 2006, 2:23 pm

Somebody asked about this in a thread I saw, so it might've been her. Anyway that persona asked about textbook AS.



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26 Sep 2006, 2:30 pm

Uhh in that case there is no difference.. the phrase "textbook <whatever>" is a figure of speech meaning you fit the criteria exactly and leave little room for doubt.


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26 Sep 2006, 3:21 pm

Well, the difference is sort of the difference between any general stereotype contrasted to the individuals and the individual variety of the larger population.

So perhaps it might be better to define the stereotype of Aspergers, and then simply see how it differs, person to person.

*the "Little Professor"
*computer nerd
*monotonic voice
*no/different sense of humor
*poor comprehension of metaphor/symbolism
*obsessed with trains, dinosaurs, vaccum cleaner parts when young
*horribly bullied

That's the list I can think of so far...


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26 Sep 2006, 3:52 pm

maybe it's a term referring to how some aspies might have trouble discerning motives and such from characters in books.... like reading-mind-blindness.

could be way off base though as i've never heard this term... and i'm assuming the OP did mean "text AS" as opposed to "textbook AS"