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26 Aug 2009, 8:51 pm

Just wondering I can't be the only one?



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26 Aug 2009, 10:28 pm

You're not the only African-American Aspie. Warsie is also an African-American aspie as well.

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26 Aug 2009, 10:49 pm

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26 Aug 2009, 11:15 pm

blackcat is also



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27 Aug 2009, 1:21 am

I have a good friend who is definitely an aspie whether he knows it or not and he's black = ).

He's even more analytical and nerdy than my other aspie white friends, he is hilarious.



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27 Aug 2009, 1:29 am

of course not you got me though i'm pretty new to the site(diagnosed at 12). Never really met anyone else in general with ap


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27 Aug 2009, 1:38 am

Also how can someone from London be "African-American"?

I went to school with some black aspies, as well as Asian and mixed race. I just guess the prevelance is higher in whites as our school was 1/3 ethnic minority and there were only about 2 or 3 black people in the unit I remember during the time I was at school.


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27 Aug 2009, 2:49 am

jocundthelilac wrote:
Also how can someone from London be "African-American"?

LOL, PC fails again. (no offense Jkid)


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27 Aug 2009, 3:12 am

Our species, homo sapien sapien is one of the least biological diverse of the mammalian species. Any two members of our species of opposite genders and having working reproductive plumbing are capable of breeding.

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27 Aug 2009, 3:19 am

AS prevelance is 5-10 times lower in people of African descent. This is not only something people think they have observed, it is a reality. These results have now been replicated in 15 different versions of Aspie-quiz, and interest rates are always in the 1-3% range for African Americans living in the US (it should be 12%). Since participation ratios between Aspies and NTs is still 1:2 in the last versions, having suspicions about having AS is the primary driver for doing Aspie-quiz.



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27 Aug 2009, 5:26 am

I'm black and from the uk



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27 Aug 2009, 6:05 am

I know an albino Xhosa boy who is autistic.



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27 Aug 2009, 6:13 am

rdos wrote:
AS prevelance is 5-10 times lower in people of African descent. This is not only something people think they have observed, it is a reality. These results have now been replicated in 15 different versions of Aspie-quiz, and interest rates are always in the 1-3% range for African Americans living in the US (it should be 12%). Since participation ratios between Aspies and NTs is still 1:2 in the last versions, having suspicions about having AS is the primary driver for doing Aspie-quiz.


The average attitude and homogeneity of blacks might cloud parts of the quiz though. So who is really to say? There ARE other things that weigh into interest and relationships.



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27 Aug 2009, 6:29 am

You want to put this question on the Politics, Philosophy and Religion board. I suspect you'll get at least a few vocal advocates for autism being purely restricted to white people. :roll:



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27 Aug 2009, 6:47 am

ruveyn wrote:
Our species, homo sapien sapien is one of the least biological diverse of the mammalian species. Any two members of our species of opposite genders and having working reproductive plumbing are capable of breeding.

That's true of any species. By definition, when two creatures of opposite genders can mate and produce viable offspring, they are of the same species. If it were, say, a saint Bernard (um, is that supposed to be capitalized? Spellcheck wouldn't accept it uncapitalized, but I didn't think dog breed names were proper nouns.. am I an idiot?) and a teacup chihuahua, the mechanics may fail.. but the genetics would be compatible.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/species wrote:
2. Biology. the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.



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27 Aug 2009, 6:52 am

There are obviously black, autistic people. That is an undeniable fact. The question one should ask is instead if there are more autistic blacks than general white admixture in blacks. Some people claim African American have about 10% white admixture. Such a rate is consistent with no natural autistic traits in unmixed Africans.