Handybananas
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For many years
I found it easy to pretend to be something else, seamless. The social side of things however was always horrible.
Diagnosis
THERE you demanded proof, and now you have it!
Look it up!
Its true!
Sometimes it freaks me out to see how different they all are.
Especially for women
Things like short bouts of social skills can be handled easily, or being social in groups.
**OR ON
Just dont let being socially retarded stop you from doing things guys, i put myself out there because i didnt realise i could get liked LESS for modelling. i didnt understand the apparent risks.
Gandalf, or sexy Gandalf, whatever floats your boat.
So now that I dont have to pretend to be a bunch of people that I am not, I can be sexy gandalf, and build my robot and have one friend, and make posts on imgur that make it to front page. :)
*FP EDIT
I made a facebook page if you guys have any questions about asperger!!
I started it cus there were sooo many messages!
page is https://www.facebook.com/Aspies4life/
sirbenedictjbreen
glitterapplesauce
Hollywood we're never going down.
TheRogueGinger
I came to the comments looking for HU fans.
Stuebydoo
so?
Ravie422
Everyone pretends, not just people with Aspergers, in my experience Aspergers people often just suck at it.
Handybananas
LOL yes basically
COOL69GUY420ZONE
They don't all look very different.
AlkeneThiol
She makes essentially the same face in every one.
COOL69GUY420ZONE
This face. http://imgur.com/lys2kqq
AlkeneThiol
Open the mouth a little and yep
hufflepuffyeah
Can't stop won't stop Charlie make the booty drop
theappsucks
foragedfoodie
People would like you because you are sexy, no matter what. It would be significant harder for a less attractive person to be accepted
Lexelle
This is true for a short period of time. After that most people drop you because you're too much to deal with. Too taxing.
Noamchompsky
Ugly + few social skills = "creep". Pretty + few social skills = "entitled and bitchy" I bet, since we're fairly judgmental fuckers.
commoncomment
You can read minds?
AMPLIFIEDFootsteps5IntenseMusic
No that's bulima
Beezkneez
I choose not to be a model for the sake of every one else's self esteem :p
ThinkrDotExe
So what I hear you saying is you choose not to model so we don't get an inflated self-esteem? Awright, I can respect that.
absolutezero182
That's funny, i choose not to model for my own self esteem
PatadoX
Hmmm.. given your username,
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
can't have everyone else feeling like the sexiest person on the planet, now can we?
boccs
That's my reasoning too. I can't have that many people feeling SO much better about themselves...
Iamthesacredbanana
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you confident... i like it ;)
NickFleming
cringe
Iamthesacredbanana
thanks fam, glad i made you cringe <3
TimoThreeOrFour
Modeling: open mouth, look at camera.
BreadyStinellis
And a lot of other things, but yes.
Winterous
Also be attractive.
ItsOnlyHumanNatural
You don't always have to be the most beautiful. It can be about being photogenic. Just watch America's Next Top Model and see.
nickdillinger
aap71
not....not like that
aap71
look, ladies: i admire your commitment and you follow directions to the letter. it's just... these faces you make... forget it, we're good
AlkeneThiol
Whoa their mouths are seriously enormous.
vinylspear
Today I learned: Most imgurians are aspie's. This explains a lot.
Deadmanxing
I had no idea a persons appaearance could change so much with makeup, lighting and a haircut. That is amazing.
MrImgurian
I'm pretty sure there all different people, which means she's lying
Deadmanxing
Do you really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and lie?
MrImgurian
Never, everything in this post and everything on imgur is FACT
v
Bizarrogreg
How do you go about getting tested as an adult?
LameclestheLame
I've heard it's harder to diagnose as an adult, because we experience, adapt, and mimic more social skills.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I'm not sure it would even be worth it. If you're having social problems, go to a therapist for that and see what comes of it.
IMadeThisOnlyForDestinyCodeBegging
Some source for #3 or is that just your personal observation based opinion?
faebala
"These people have Aspergers due to something social.." Pretty sure that's not how that works. At all.
IMadeThisOnlyForDestinyCodeBegging
I mean sure imitating other people's behaviour IS often found in people who suffer from Aspergers, but doing it doesn't make you autistic.
Chainsawsforarms
Ass burgers.
MyOtherAccountIsASpaceship
Burger for your ass
boevis
Step 1: Be attractive
PixelatedDerpFace
Step 2: say you have autism and have so called "proof"
helgur
Step 2: Get vaccinated
kingsleep
..and female. I have a friend with Aspergers. His lack of social skills come off as creepy and weird. It really holds him back.
CocaineAndSelfPleasure
Same. It's sad because he can be really cool sometimes but it's hard to bring him in to new groups. I usually have to prepare my friends.
neonoptic
It's bullshit how anti social people with peculiar habits are just automatically deemed autistic now, and treated poorly in the process.
FrigginCornflakes
for the record: anti-social is not the same thing as asocial. Asocial means you don't go out much. Anti-social means you stab people.
TinySatanicHamster
I'm an Aspie. I'm not really treated bad, but that's just my experience.
MGMG
Says a person who has NO clue what autism is. There is a specific diagnostic process. Though it's a spectrum, most diagnoses are definitive.
Dabumblebee
Regular Gandalf is already Sexy Gandalf.
Yesaye94
wieloryba
TheVerySorryCanadian
A month later, I find this post again and scroll through the comments until I find this. I may rest now.
PinkAgony
godcixelsyd
This is why I came here.
AnusSlicer69
nuggdavis
ForgeSquashington
Stingyfromlazytown
MamaKin
Many models have Asperger due to social imitation and mimicry?! WTF?? this is nonsense. Maybe OP is a model with AS but the rest isn't true.
NyetARussianSpy
Maybe she meant many with Aspergers go into modeling and acting? Who knows
MrsMadKitty
It is true? I had to mimic my way to communicate with people without saying things I shouldn't say. Sure it slips sometimes but. It's true.
jontaylor07
Are you on the spectrum? Try interpreting what she meant instead of being so literal with word placement.
Danowar1990
Not to mention that when you have a harder time learning and sticking to social rules, it feels more like an act than who you really are.
hartmonica
Yeah I'd like to see a source
OlMuskyTheMartian
Girl strokes her ego and imgur is...Imgur. Can't recognize yourself while doing the same face in all of these? Mayhem account ≠pro model.
OlMuskyTheMartian
My advice would be to stop biting onto your cheeks to create an appearance of bone structure. It just ends up looking weird.
Winterous
This is the exact opposite way around than what they meant.
MamaKin
It is exactly what OP said. Re-read her quote in picture #3
Winterous
"than what they meant."
Danowar1990
As an AS-er, I can see it. Specific thought patterns and hyper-attention to detail can lead to some unique abilities.
MamaKin
Maybe we can fit in by mimicry, but we don't have AS due to imitation or mimicry.
cyberfluke
I think the point OP is trying to make is that as ASD we spend our entire lives mimicking others behaviour to "fit in". Acting and 1/?
cyberfluke
modelling draws from the same skillset, so we develop an aptitude for it just by existing. 2/2
MamaKin
I realized long ago that I'd never "fit in" and really was disgusted at the idea that I needed to. I'm happy with my choice.
Winterous
You could not have missed the point more.
MamaKin
OP could have worded it so it doesn't sound like she thinks mimicry or imitation can cause Aspergers. You're missing my point.
BreadyStinellis
I think you're the only one who thought that.
Winterous
Yes I can see why you interpreted it that way, but since it's such a ridiculous claim, the intended meaning was obvious.
IMightBeAGiraffe
Asperger? I hardly know her!
LompHoofd
brunodiaz
90+1
AnonymousHamster
doodleinthemargins
Of all the 'I hardly know her's' I've seen, this made me chuckle the most
blatherumskite
The Last Man On Earth?
DarthNikko
In French, "Asperger" is a verb that means "to spray", "to sprinkle" or "to squirt", so you made it even funnier in French!
BubbleConglomerate
asperger d'asperges
Loutrezilla
Aspergé(e) d'asperges, grand cornichon.
Treefur
Plot twist, that was his goal all along. He knew there was a frenchy lurking, and wanted to expose him to the light!
IMightBeAGiraffe
I took French in high school, but I definitely forgot that verb.
DarthNikko
DAMN! I would have gotten away with it if it was not for you, meddling kids!!
ridoshi
Hon hon hon titty croissant
SuharuStormrage
Titty croissants and ass burgers? What kind of restaurant is this?
MyImaginationOnAFreeRun
'Titty Croissant', just wonderful.
IMightBeAGiraffe
This is something the Germans refer to as a "Double Endendre"
MyPseudoIsAlduinSkyrimStoleItFromMe
*Double entendre is french also
ChocloMan
JOKE------------------------------------------------------------------YOU
paperodiabolico
Doppeldeutigkeit auf Deutsch
TheGreatAku
Things became a lot easier when I had a diagnosis for my issues. Giving a name to my problems made them seem a lot less insurmountable
doyourworkidiot
When my girlfriend of 5 years was diagnosed, it explained so much. I thought she was just a huge bitch for a really long time.
BananaForScaIe
Exactly. Diagnosis last year. Totally helped me understand why I reacted weird when emotionally overwhelmed.
emuthegreen
This is how I feltgettimg my LD diagnosis...at 20
weliveinaspaceshipdear
My mom says "Labels are unnecessary can't we all just get along?" No. Labels are good. They validate, give recommended course of treatment.
HypnoChanger
Unless you have insurmountitus.
newsguycraigevans
Ditto. I knew I was wired differently, just didn't know it had a name and that others had the same issues.
DeadOnionSaysWhat
Yeah, you learn you're normal, just a different kind of normal.
Eman69
How do you even get a diagnosis? I really need one, but I don't know where to go.
TheGreatAku
See a healthcare professional. After lots of observation and talking, they can narrow down to what's wrong.
flamingflamingo
Kind of gives weight to the classical idea of naming a beast or a villain to tame or defeat them.
GoodEyeSniper1
that's how I felt about my anxiety
cleetdog101
Fact.
Sharruken
1. This right here, most of my life growing up had me in an anxious mess, failing in school, never knowing what was wrong with me
Sharruken
2. always feeling like I was just "weird" compared to everyone else, at 22 or so I was diagnosed with Asperger's, it was like
Sharruken
3. Oh, I can maybe deal with this now that I can put a name to it.
ShadowbanMyAss
and a lot more made up
TheGreatAku
Yeah, the person with a medical degree in psychology that I see made that shit right up. You dickhead.
Drumlime
Bro just because u have no experiences with such a thing doesn't mean u get to pretend they exist
newsguycraigevans
lcplspanky
Shit, I can't remember what show that is, help a brother out?
dannishadow
Freakazoid, I believe.
lcplspanky
That's right, ty
OblongPlanetProvesTimeIsYellow
Freakazoid!
Drumlime
*Pretend the don't exisit*
ohdeepthought
Please just stop
cyberfluke
I've had to pretend to be like everyone else for 34 years of my life because it's all in my head, right? Fuck right off you ignorant twat.
ShadowbanMyAss
i am also pretending to be like everyone else, and i am not autistic. I am just a human and that's what we do.
TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlememes
Nah, you just fake af
Sloppydrunkcatlady
"I am not autistic so everyone else who had similar issues can't be autistic either, my experiences are universal and dictate everyone's"
Sloppydrunkcatlady
^ that's what you sound like. Awesome , you're not austistic. Shit, you still have issues. That doesn't negate others who have a diagnosis.
Apelehamamama
Any other advantages other than a label? Treatments, strategies, techniques that helped or just a sense of understanding?
MoustacheWaxStash
The psychologist I'm seeing doesn't know which way to take my treatment until we can have a definitive answer on which of the (1/2)
MoustacheWaxStash
possibilities we are looking at (one of which is autism/asperger). Knowing would really help streamline my process (for lack of better word)
ArcaneSnowman
I was diagnosed with two clinical depressions before getting my diagnosis at the age of 21, it explained a lot of my issues.
fivefrozenfishfingers
In terms of treatment, strategies and techniques, getting diagnosed makes such a huge difference that it's vital.
BananaForScaIe
Agreed. Knowing what it was let me do a tonne of my own research, testing on myself, etc.
Apelehamamama
thanks, have a friend who doesn't want his kid dx for fear she will feel different! Of course he's an idiot!
fivefrozenfishfingers
Best advice I could give anyone is to keep it to one's self. No matter your age. Even telling family members have complicated things.
ISellEffinKias
Sorry to hear it worked out negatively for you. Explaining the diagnosis helped family members, and friends better understand my situation.
EmperorPain
I didn't get a name for my weird, I just got a sheet of paper that says "close but no cigar, but here's how you're fucked up"
Azated
Pretty much the same for me, but I don't think it would have changed me much either way.
MoustacheWaxStash
This is what I'm afraid of. I have an appt for the referral for the testing and I'm a bit scared of not getting a definitive answer.
EmperorPain
Well, I know exactly where my issues lie, I just don't fit the mold well enough. The only words I have are dyslexia and mild aphasia.
EmperorPain
Although it's technically not aphasia because I've never hit my head.
Canuckian
We're all here, because we're not all there...
ItsUncleSam
My diagnosis has fucked me up. It doesn't fit me at all and it just seemed half ass. It's ruining my life right now.
Azated
The only difference now is that you have a name for an aspect of your personality. You don't have to do anything else about it.
ItsUncleSam
No, it's not an aspect of my personality. I don't have Aspergers, yet I've been improperly labeled. I was misdiagnosed and am now suffering.
Azated
If you know you were misdiagnosed, why is it bothering you?
ItsUncleSam
Cause I need a medical waiver to join the military with it, and since the budget cuts they rarely give them out anymore.
Azated
Just gotta remember that the diagnosis doesn't change who you are. If someone said your skin was purple would it make you act differently?
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
Aspergers doesn't carry the stigma it used to. The libertarian party even chose a person with autism as their Presidential candidate.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
That's not fair to people with autism. Gary Johnson isn't autistic. He's an idiot.
LionOfRome
I laughed because it was a joke, then I thought you may have been serious and had to double check the comments. TIL i'm autistic
DegenerateCrotchFruit
Don't taint this post with shitty politics
PleasantPeasantPheasant
I think most politicians are on the spectrum.
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
https://media.giphy.com/media/l0K4mukKBwIcwGP4c/giphy.gif
Danowar1990
I always found it weird how people lose their shit over racism, sexism, etc., but mocking mental disabilities is A-OK.
tetracycloide
Well you're in luck because imgur is totally ok with all 3.
0atmealTears
Because they think acting different is a choice.
Alvatore
Isn't America great?
UniqueIsLatinForAsshole
Lone remaining socially acceptable bigotry.
jcarn
Humour =/= bigotry or racism. It can be part of it, but is does not necessitate it.
UniqueIsLatinForAsshole
Not quite sure what that means.. if you're saying that something provocative/controversial can be funny, I agree. If you're defending 1/2
UniqueIsLatinForAsshole
tasteless and repugnant statements veiled as humor, I don't. Would we find jokes about Ben Carson losing because he's a nigger funny?
totalwiener
Wow, way to be an asshole to people with the actual condition.
Handybananas
who!!? did they??
Conservatarian
Gary Johnson
ByTheBeardOfSeuss
It's also widely believed Romney has it
jontaylor07
No, I don't think so
Danowar1990
They meant it as an insult, since to this person autistic automatically means stupid, which also automatically makes this commenter a cunt.
nppraxis
I'm not sure that's what he meant. Gary Johnson's got a rep for being kind of socially awkward. He's more of a stoner than an Aspie though.
text1le
Yeah, uh. That was really in poor taste.
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
Gary Johnson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnARyWQWnkg
sneakysneakysoysauce
Bazinga
TinySupreme
Man. I love that guy. Fuck all you liberals on this app that say otherwise. Best candidate we had and America blew it.
JohnFloorwalker
I have to say, Bernie seemed a better option... y'know, not having a regressive tax policy & all that.
TinySupreme
Bernie was definitely better than Gary but the DNC fucked him over and rigged the primaries so princess Hillary could get her turn.
isaaclw
Exactly. I respect Gary more than Trump, but I definitely prefer Sander's (and even Clinton's) Policies to Gary and Trump.
sbury
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
DVSBSTrD
Don't lump the rest us in with that mental derelict.
danishjuggler21
*Anarchist Party
thecrawler0
Idk I think Johnson is just perma-stoned.
shawnemack
BubbleGutandtheHotSnakes
If Gary Johnson had autism, lupus and down syndrome he would still have been a better candidate than Trump or Clinton.
ebonkitsune
As Doctor Gregory House taught me... It's never Lupus.
charliegrs
Well that beats the republican party choosing someone with dementia
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Ksjjjdnaja
You mean Democrat? Ya know like forgetting every aspect of handling sensitive/classified information? Something that'd likely get me jailed.
himherenowno
Lol, you remind me of me when I was 14 and "into politics"
sunyudai
A. Something that her predecessors, her colleagues (including her accuser, John Boenner) and many others were doing?
Ksjjjdnaja
She was advised to use a private email, not her own private server. A private email account and a private server are very different things.
sunyudai
Yes, which is why I'm not talking about what she was advised to do. I'm talking about what her colleagues on both sides of the aisle did.
Tunisia
She was advised to have a private email server by both previous Secretaries of State.
Ksjjjdnaja
He advised her to use a private email ACCOUNT, not set up her own server in her home. You can use a private email account on unclass.
PatadoX
unclass?
sunyudai
B. Also, did not actually involve any properly marked classified material, per the FBI.
Ksjjjdnaja
I suppose if you remove the header and delete the dissemination footer it isn't classified anymore right?
Ksjjjdnaja
http://m.townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/01/08/boom-in-newlyreleased-email-hillary-orders-aide-to-strip-classified-marking-n2101680
sunyudai
Yes, because the Heritage Foundation is credible. Riiight.
lowflyingbombs
Ronald Reagan showed signs of Alzheimer's when he is in office, so yes, Republican.
Jdezle
Hello Helena... my name is troy.
cobragrunt
So Wonder Girl?
Aph3lion
Hello Helena, my name is Faust and this is my bro Mephistopheles.
Teas
Troy? So.. What. You want her to come inside you? I'm a little confused by that.
CharlesFuckingBronson
He thought he was letting in a horse, butt it was actually a load of seamen
fairybug
Tukkos
Very clever
ALoneTenno
Hello Troy, my name is Dad.
BounderTree
An autistic Helena might actually make sense "I don't see how people would make a problem out of this, ok i'll come."
ThePotatoBandit
hey is Franc- I mean Ajax ready to go? I heard he REALLY likes your armor.
Lurkerdesdehacerato
Mcnamara! the plastic surgeon
Nuttsy
So, what you're saying is...you want her inside you for about a decade?
peppercookies
muh nem jeff
Tino305
aduntoridas
I think you mean Paris!
PsychopompGecko
https://kiaikick.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/kung-fu-hustle-1.jpg
Piratedanger
Hey Paris it's me, Menelaus. Listen here u little shit.
reid2048
Could u kindly give me my fucking wife back? Thank
sirl0in
goddamn illiterates
IAmAngry
I think you mean Orlando Bloom
AFineDayForScience
I think you mean Legolas
IAmAngry
Nope i meant Paris
YamatoIouko
You know, he would be a great person to portray Paris, now that you mention him.
IAmAngry
Almost as great as Brad Pit doing Achilles - i hope guys from Hollywood are on Imgur and they can use this fantastic idea
YamatoIouko
Wait. Wait. DID he play Paris in that movie? ...I've never seen it, I just know Pitt played Achilles. >.>
Fappablefavorites
No..no. Dont start. Then they will do a remake with an all female cast
Troygbiv
Impostor!
WetBreadMan
Efreeti
That doesn't look like a perfect map of the London Underground to me!!!
thecrazycatman99
Is there a video for this?
DerpyDerp272
TerribleTurkeyzz
gargabox
I have such a patriotic boner right now
lucklesscoin
Hey, now I get to be one of the cool kids who says I actually know her and the people who did this... Neat.
LargeHoman
Godamn, lemme see the chamber of secretes
silentsuspekts87
Boner says yes! Eyes says yes! GF says she's confused but yes!
dekket
Confused boner, confirmed.
strangledbyaturtleneck
He just wanted a pair of nice socks
admiralawesome4213
http://ylylfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/12/Its-a-Dangerous-Mirror-Harry.jpg
Jonokiwi
That was a really risky click.....worth it though
MC5Tonne
So is this getting upvoted because she is a model, or because she has a mild form of autism?
Lexelle
Check her other post from a day prior ^^ It explains a lot.
gamez281
op has open mouth model syndrome... lol jk.
cursedsoul98
Zixtank
It's a very dangerous mirror Harry
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
It really was a dangerous mirror.
TyrionLannisterTheImp
http://ylylfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/12/Its-a-Dangerous-Mirror-Harry.jpg
boevis
that gif is
CaptainSmartAzz
Is this gif not crossing some fandom line somewhere??
FatForYou
I feel like that's the point.
walkerswolverines
I'd say it's
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
I think
Talmorean
10 Points to Dumbledore
AlexStevens123
.
Robbo2004
Dumblewhore
ItsCaptain0bvious
KillerDuckasaurus
whoopsywoo
DrunkSnoopy
cursedsoul98
appleyeblind
TheScarfyDoctor
AdvonKoulthar
TheValiantAdmiral
sharkhugs
What a gem
LastNightIThoughtItWasAGoodIdea
This better not awaken anything in me
Mind792
TheGreatAku
Stupid sexy Dumbledore.
Narcopolypse
Nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all
xXPawnStarrXx
Dumblewhore...
LolliPoptart
Came for this
MyProfileHasKittens
Ew...
LompHoofd
KaiArgentium
Phrasing
RepresentativeOfNorway
i think he phrased it perfectly ;)
CoughedupFurball
*to*
Nuttburger
Same
HimminyHeyha
Lol damn! Beat meat to it!
LolliPoptart
Literally read it without giving it a second thought. Well played sir.
Splodgey
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all
StephNugs
Okay, I have asperger's and you're making it sound as if it makes you look different. Autism doesn't change your physical appearance. 1/2
StephNugs
It's really not that big of an achievement, to be frank. Just going outside and being near people is just as difficult for people like us2/2
Lexelle
She's not making it sound that way if you look at it from another angle. She's saying she feels comfortable by looking different ways 1/2
Lexelle
because she doesn't feel at ease with who she is on the inside. Or was, until her diagnosis. I'd refer to her post from the day before =]
marpet
Scientific evidence suggests it does. I have aspergers myself.
StephNugs
Sorry to break it to you, bud, but you're just ugly.
marpet
Thanks for the insult, at least I know more than you ever will.
StephNugs
You're silly.
gtmiller
Is it clinically viable to diagnose Asperger's in the US anymore? A friend who is a therapist said that he could not clinically diagnose...
Gibblesmish
I was diagnosed with aspergers when I was about 9, but most it got put under a generalized Autism with some other stuff
Danowar1990
Technically nobody can diagnose it any more. The DSM V replaced it and a few others with the umbrella term Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Winterous
It's no longer in the, disease manual thing; it's just high functioning autism now instead of a separate thing. I never knew it was 1/2
Winterous
classified separately, as it had always been made very clear to me that it was high functioning autism. 2/2
Alvatore
Really really high-functioning autism. High enough to generally look normal but autistic enough to fuck over your daily life.
AMPLIFIEDFootsteps5IntenseMusic
High functioning Autism now, and Hans Aspergers a Nazi.
kronoct
It is, it's just that they would rather like to say your on the autism spectrum or you're high functioning rather than give pin point it
kronoct
I was diagnosed when I was 9 (I'm 19 now) and my therapist told me about it last year. I don't like being labeled but at the same time 1/2
kronoct
It made me kinda angry that they wouldn't recognize it as it is and just wanted to use a blanket term.
Lambdafish1
I have aspergers because I refuse to say "I'm autistic" and confuse people and give them the wrong idea.
NuhtruwScahtsmahn
My father refused to get me analyzed and diagnosed with anything, even after most of my teachers through elementary suggested I may have 1/?
NuhtruwScahtsmahn
, most likely, aspergers because he wanted to dodge that sort of thing. Ironically, the only thing that has come of it is a sort of 2/?
NuhtruwScahtsmahn
My father refused to get me analyzed and diagnosed with anything, even after most of my teachers through elementary suggested I may have 1/?
gtmiller
with Asperger's. Was he saying he is not qualified or that the diagnosis is too indecisive.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
Asperger's no longer technically exists. You're now on the Autism Spectrum, high functioning.
gtmiller
?
gtmiller
Thanks to all of you.
nektnt
I was diagnosed a while ago, but I believe that they now just say that you are on a spectrum, since it's rather difficult to pinpoint.
TheDogmotherII
Yes ^. They don't use Asperger as a label any longer. My son was diagnosed but they've now changed the label to "high functioning autism".
TheRarispy
The latest DSM manual no longer lists Asperger's a separate diagnosis. It and several others are now lumped under Autism Spectrum Disorder.
orion42m
Kinda, it's lumped with autism but some specialists(really good ones from my experience) still use both due (1/2)
orion42m
to it being a narrower diagnosis then plain autism. Once again from my experience (2/2)
DopeyFuckedaPenguin
Dipthepole
I love this!
ILoveSteam
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Iamenvy
porkRibs
Stadix
Crymson831
Lit'rally*
AuroraNora33
There's a gif for everything!
AcidOPhilus
Mine is a sad penis, but if all goes right she won't notice.
HeartOfTheSunrise
How many men through recorded history have said the same, I wonder..
Nuttburger
Definetely wouldn't be recorded
TheWallpaperMaker
Stadix
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Rexwar
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truthsmiles
My GF is an Aspie & she is awesome! She's brutally honest, thinks farts are funny, and would rather hump on the couch than go to bars.
newsguycraigevans
The brutal honesty is the part I love most. Learn to deliver it with a deadpan and people will not be able to tell if you're serious.
lolthisismyusername
Laughs at farts and likes to stay in and smash no no parts? Wife her.
polishbroadcast
"smash no no parts" delighted me to no end.
lolthisismyusername
Happy to be of service.
girlwiththephoenixtattoo
Maybe I have aspergers...
tzap
None of those necessarily associate with asperger's. I don't say this on diss on your girlfriend, but to make point that people who are1/2
tzap
.. unusually honest or like to stay home rather than go to party don't automatically have any development disorders. 2/2
truthsmiles
Of course. But it is true that Aspies tend to lack tact and avoid noisy places with lots of people. Girls seem "guyish" and guys seem "rude"
BreadyStinellis
This makes me think I may have Aspergers. I feel like my mom with 35+yrs of experience as a special ed teacher would have noticed though.
truthsmiles
There are online "screeners". If they say you may have it, you can see a dr, but if you're 16+ there isn't much you can do except "know".
Bhockzer
In B4, "Where do you think she got the 35 years of experience?"
YouWillNotLikeThis
And just to be fair there is some academic weigh behind reclassifying aspergers as a personality, and not a syndrome
Wifwolf
Source? A proper peer reviewed academic one would be nice :)
tzap
There's evidence to there being associated neurological abnormalities which may not be part of an undisturbed pattern of development. 1/2
tzap
But I think in some cases a medical diagnosis can be helpful in understanding yourself and getting proper support in say, education. 2/2
mondayaddams
Your gf def sounds awesome :) make sure she knows!
truthsmiles
She knows I think she's awesome, but it's another thing for her to believe it about herself :) Years of being called "weird" takes a toll.
flamingflamingo
no never tell her it will make her love you more if you're mysterious and reserved
Storyainthadnomoral
This is the advice to listen to
ImADouchebag
I doubt most people who claim to have aspergers actually have it. It affects like 31 million people, the chance she is is staggeringly low.
truthsmiles
Well she's been formally diagnosed so there's that. Also, I wouldn't call 31 million "staggeringly low".
ImADouchebag
There are 7.4 billion people. 31 million out of 7.4 billion is less than half a percent. Staggeringly low.
HorseGirlErection
Compared to most medical conditions, 1 in 200 is overwhelmingly high.
truthsmiles
If I had a 1:200 chance of winning the lottery I'd play those 'staggeringly low' odds every week.
svoka
Female Aspies basically follow social norms in many places and nice companions. For males aspie life is much harder.
truthsmiles
This is true. If you're going to have Asperger's it's a good idea to be female :)
svoka
well... Shit :(
svoka
I mean. Yes... But, kinda not much one can do. It is not really a choice, you know.
truthsmiles
Of course there's nothing you can do. Sorry, it was a lame joke :-|
svoka
np, man.
TekPriest1975
My son is on the spectrum. He makes my socially awkward youth look like a non-stop raging party.
svoka
Honestly, this is a wide spectre. It's not like + or -. Mild cases for females make basically what every mom want their god girl to be.
svoka
social norms for guys are vary different. Most of my even mildly autistic adult male acquaintances are single, even having great jobs...
TekPriest1975
True, my son has a few good friends and is bloody brilliant. He just comes off to some as chronically goofy/weird.
FarmerHE
Hollywood have thought us how a guy should be to date womans... being outside that "Box" makes it hard to find someone you dare ask out.
svoka
I don't think you quite understand problems of people with autistic spectre disorders... (1/2)
FarmerHE
Having critical IT systems fail and 200 ppl unable to work, no problem i'll fix it. Ask a girl for a date nope thats to high risk of failure
svoka
Anyway. Finding a date is not a main problem. Not conforming to image of "husband" or "boyfriend" is far worse. Anyway, doesn't matter much.
svoka
(2/2) This is like saying that problem with being paralyzed is that you can't pee standing.
FauxIivia
My husband has Aspergers & it's very different than that for us. He's great tho & I love him to death. His OCD stuff drives me mad tho. Lol.
truthsmiles
Yeah male Aspies have a harder time for sure. Girls have it easier because they "act more like guys". My GF "gets" men much more than...
truthsmiles
...women, who tend to have much more subtle social rules.
FauxIivia
I feel you. Part of the reason he and I get along so week is I'm agoraphobic(among other things) I see a psych and a therapist about it1/?
FauxIivia
But still don't like to leave the house or the few other places we frequent. GameStop, grocery store, comic shop, etc...
FauxIivia
Well*