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I don't think you can generalise in such a way. I had a proper diagnosis made whilst at school but manage to hold down friendships, family relationships and wor
by andyking 17y ago
I don't think you can generalise in such a way. I had a proper diagnosis made whilst at school but manage to hold down friendships, family relationships and work in a fairly "social" and communicative field (radio).
It makes a few things like reading social cues a little more difficult than for many people but it really doesn't have a particularly detrimental impact on my life - quite the opposite when it comes to economically useful things like language learning and understanding technical concepts.
Asperger's just isn't something I think about day-to-day and I certainly don't see myself as a "sufferer".
- potatolicious 17y agoI have friends who have been diagnosed (i.e. not self-described), and Asperger's really runs the entire gamut. You have the slightly awkward people who prefer to be alone, and then you have full-blown inability to fit into any social situation. It sounds like your case is somewhat mild - but I do think for more extreme cases it can be "suffering". Note: I too dislike the amount of self-diagnosis that goes on with things like this. Asperger's and autism are real conditions that real people suffer from - diagnosing yourself just because you're antisocial and afraid adversely affects how seriously people view these conditions.