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ProbablyOverthinkingThisUsername
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23 Feb 2016, 10:55 pm

My sister was recently diagnosed with Asperger's, as an adult. I have it and we've always kind of suspected she did as well, but now that it's official she has been asking me questions about how to cope in society, and I'm at a bit of a loss for putting the way I do things into words.



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23 Feb 2016, 11:37 pm

Not much to go on for us to respond here.

We dont hang with you, so we dont know how YOU deal with being an aspie ( which may, or may not be similar to how anyone of us deals with being an aspie). So how are we are supposed to tell you how to tell your sister how YOU deal with being an aspie?


Maybe you want us to think about how each of us ourselves "deals with being an aspie", and try to imagine ourselves talking to a younger person like your sister about being an aspie. But we dont know what things your sister asks about.



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23 Feb 2016, 11:40 pm

I think maybe you could look at websites or literature together, that might help give you some examples so that you can better put your experiences into words.



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23 Feb 2016, 11:47 pm

Yigeren wrote:
I think maybe you could look at websites or literature together, that might help give you some examples so that you can better put your experiences into words.

@naturalplastic,

I get your point, but that wasn't exactly a nice way of putting it.


Sorry. Prolly right..

I just now edited it a little.



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24 Feb 2016, 1:20 am

Could you role-play some scenario to show her an example (with her and maybe an NT friend or family member, if needed)? Maybe seeing it done is better than explaining it. Your NT friend can be the person who you interact with in your play-acting, so she can see how you do it.


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24 Feb 2016, 8:32 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Not much to go on for us to respond here.

We dont hang with you, so we dont know how YOU deal with being an aspie ( which may, or may not be similar to how anyone of us deals with being an aspie). So how are we are supposed to tell you how to tell your sister how YOU deal with being an aspie?


Maybe you want us to think about how each of us ourselves "deals with being an aspie", and try to imagine ourselves talking to a younger person like your sister about being an aspie. But we dont know what things your sister asks about.

Why so angry?


The role-playing is a really good idea, thanks GodzillaWoman!