Aspergers symptoms you lack.

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I can understand sarcasm and "figures of speech" without a problem.

At first I was really puzzled as to why I was diagnosed (by four proffessionals with expertise in the area, I might add ) because there seemed to be a lot of symptoms I lacked...

I don't have *severe* sensory discomfort nor do I have sensory meltdowns. Also, I can hold eye contact just fine.

The only one that doesn't apply to me is the preference for nonfiction over fiction. I have no preference one way or the other, although I'm starting to rethink this one a bit, since I do so much research into fiction that I inevitably end up reading more nonfiction. Still, I love fiction, so I'll say that this one doesn't really apply.

I'm not really sure there are many I don't have - I keep thinking 'I don't have that' but the longer I look into Asperger's and hear from others the more I realise that actually I do have far more characteristics than I thought, it's just they're not as pronounced as with others.

Right now the only one I can think of that I don't have a problem with is organisation - I'm pretty well organised.

Lack of empathy. I feel a little too much empathy for people sometimes.

I don't have any problems with eye contact. I have all the other Asperger's Syndroms, though.

I am pretty good at telling if someone is bored with what I am talking about.

I deal pretty well with change, but I've had to deal with so much of it from a young age that I wonder if I've just adapted (I do feelthat it's gotten easier as I've grown older). I also don't have to have specific routine but I've never had them, never really even had them enforced as a child. I do know that I function much better with them. A lot of my life has been pretty chaotic!

Me too but I go on anyway if the other person doesn't speak up...

I can read body language and I can look in the eye but sometimes I can't maintain eye contact if the person stare seems piercing..

I know the change in the tone of people's voices... I can read facial expressions just fine most of the time...

What people hate about me though is that I am very formal until I know the person well...

Yeah, that's a bogus one. There are a good fraction of aspies who love fantasy, as shown through obsessions with video games, movies and anime among other things. I myself read almost exclusively nonfiction, except for the Harry Potter books.

So can I, and I know many adult aspies who are capable of understanding all sorts of word play and sarcasm. I think alot of it is exposure, because I definitely didn't understand it when I was younger. I remember gasping in horror when my mom told me that she was going to "kill two birds with one stone." It's really a cultural thing that you could likely learn, although I imagine those aspies who have problems recognizing tone of voice would have a harder time picking out sarcastic inflection.

I agree I think some skills can be acquired if not spontaneous... coz my aunt has been a great help to me when she taught some social skills... My mum has aspergers so does her whole family except her sister.. both me and my cousin sister have been diagnosed with aspergers but my aunt is a neurotypical and my sister is somewhere on the spectrum but for most part she's fine and my dad is neurotypical... Anyway my aunt did a great job with both me and my cousin sister when she started initially sending us to socials skills classes and teaching us small talk and making us be proactive socially ... What my aunt didn't teach me my sis dad and friends taught me... like empathy and not being too naive because I am soft spoken....

Last edited by pree10shun on 10 Jun 2011, 9:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Empathy and I prefer fiction.

I lack genius-level intelligence.

But also I think I lack a desire for routine about 50% of the time. I know that routine would make my life better but depending on the environment that I'm in, doing some things repeatedly would more likely make me worse than better. I don't mind a little diversity in my life if it's handleable and I tend to be more spontaneous when on my own. But if I plan on doing something and it gets interrupted or sidetracked by something else, I WILL go crazy mad and meltdown mode.

Yeah, but Did You Always? Am curious. I can REMEMBER when I pictured things literally, before learning how to take them by using experience and the cognitive functioning that worked around it. (In fact, I still picture images sometimes while 'translating' the figure of speech in my head... rather amusing...)

This.

I think the only symptom I lack would be not being able to tell when I bore people. Although, I have not always been aware of it.