My question is outlined in the title. i have add and I was wondering why its listed here as an issue for discussion, has it got some connection with autism?
I have always thought of myself as semi-autistic, but i have only ever been diagnosed with a motor planning disorder and ADD non specific. If i am autistic it has never been enough to get in my way in a major way.
I am pretty social, for instance, I ran for president at my university and almost won, but that was a fairly abstract political exercise for me. but on the other hand, i think I have some symptoms of autism, stimming for instance: the fact I habitually beat box, all day, everyday, and have done for at least 5 years. Is that stimming?
Once in class in high school (that was a fair time ago now) there was an exercise where people were asked to describe each other and i received the following anonymous comments mostly can attribute to ADD "You seem to be quite, well, vague but at the same time interested in many different things at once. A "sanguine intellect" It might be hard to follow for some or sometimes. A quite interesting personality and huge range for potential." AND "I think you are going to do something to change peoples thinking. I think you are genius. I think you have an amazing mind. But At times you have a hard time communicating ideas, though people are just not educated in what you are talking about in the first place. I think you are a very sensitive person. Sometimes I feel you live very 'ideally" and you often dismiss what others day and what you think is petty without thought."
Both of these, by 2 different anonymous people, really hit the nail on the head. And its funny how these which were written 4 years ago, have never changed much, I am still that same person. It also got me thinking to the fact that I never really can pay attention to people like that and give them that sort of feed back, although I have no problems socially, except a feeling of never really understanding others to the same degree they seem to understand me.
The people that I am closest too have accepted the fact that I am "vague" and talk about lots of stuff with seeming irrelevance. I know that the last part is ADD, but whats the vagueness and the inability to figure people out like they know me? Also, Why is ADD on an aspergers forum, whats the connection?