documentaries with seemingly normal aspies ?.

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I would like to see more people on the spectrum who manage to fit in with society reasonably well.

I can never really identify with the people i see in the documentaries because their traits are so obvious on the outside. I would like to see more people who apear at the same level as alex,jack,kirsten preferably higher.

Please let me know if you have come across something like this.

I don't quite know what or who you mean.

Are you talking about something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_PBVxGEEY4

No one would ever know from looking at me that I'm on the spectrum, and I'm not mild. It's likewise very tough trying to live up to all the expected norms.. and is a lot of added pressure and stress. When there's no obvious or immediately recognized problem it's more confusing to others when the problem then appears sort of slowly and subtly at first and I find that very hard to deal with. I hate disappointing people so now I just avoid people. They will typically conclude I wasn't as bright as they had originally thought, or that I'm "touched" which is just a nicer way of saying I think you're crazy. They get angry too if only mildly through facial expressions as if I have done something wrong or I have deceived them in some way. It usually ends more often though at the raised eyebrow.

So in other words, I may seem or look normal and clearly I'm not. How do you get this diagnosis anyway if you're almost normal?

I have seen that one, while interesting he is a very obvious aspie. I just want to see more from people who have a slight touch of autism. Its almost as if this part of the spectrum does not exist, i want to see people i can better relate to.

I manage to fit in reasonably well by "faking normal". I have a job and I'm good at it, and generally people can't tell unless they spend a lot of time with me. Of course when someone really gets to know me it's harder to fake, and my family is well aware of my being an Aspie because I don't fake it nearly as much when I'm at home. I couldn't do it 24/7/365. I don't have a whole bunch of friends, but a few. I can't help but think if I didn't have AS I'd have more. Depends on what you call "fitting in" I suppose. I can do it to the extent I need to in order to function at a job, but it is stressful and wears me down.

~Kate

I would also like to see more documentaries like that as well. The world needs to know that spectrumites like us exist.

How about AnMish's videos on YouTube: eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4Vmo13vJE&feature=related

They are video blogs rather than documentaries, but she does come across as an intelligent and sensitive young woman (she is Danish, by the way, but speaks English fluently).

Good luck with finding people with an ASD who fit in reasonably well and are seemingly normal.

If you do, then they don't have an ASD.

Hmmm...I watched this video and thought it fit well with what you were looking for. He seems 'mild' to me...I actually related to him quite a lot, and I definitely don't 'stand out' unless people get to know me well.

What was so 'obvious' about him?

I agree. He seemed charmingly quirky and young. And entirely relateable. Maybe you're looking for someone older? Possibly an adult?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfWfsop1e0

Most of the people over thirty with an ASD don't know they have it. Everyone around them knows they're a little different but they don't know about autism either.

Now there's a topic for a documentary

Problem is NT's need to see some obvious signs or they would just think the autistic people in documentaries are 'normal.'

To me Jack comes off as autistic. No offence there. Kirsten on the other hand.

I don't know about me. I can't interact long without being sensory overloaded and my social awkwardness comes across as being really rude.

you don't know what you are talking about. I could explain why i think you don't, but you don't seem to be interested in discussion so ill just state it like you did.

The anmish is exactly what i meant, i have listened to literally all of her videos already though .

@ peter, yes something like that with a suspected aspie could be very interesting.

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Not an obvious aspie then, but he is obviously different. Its probably how the docu gives all kinds of behind the scenes information you would normally not have, i might not notice anything about him if i where to meet him. I don't have an iq on the level of einstein so how can you relate to that ?. i can't imagine what something is like unless i experienced it myself.
Its probably also an age thing, id like to see people who are older then me.

Oh? You should have seen me in childhood. I was very obviously ASD.
I would have no chance of being diagnosed nowadays, but I know I have it.

This is something I look for myself "seemingly normal aspies" Do a search on YouTube for Paddy Considine. He's an actor and award winning Director. He's a diagnosed Aspie at the age of 36. He doesn't really talk much about Aspergers itself but he's interesting to watch in TV interviews and award cerimonies. I actually get a lot of inspiration from just watching him.