Originally posted by amythe3lder at Haters Gonna Hate, Aspies Gonna Collate

Before people get all judgy, no I don't have a professional "official" diagnosis of ASD. I can't afford one, and I don't really feel that I need or want other people to finally connect the dots for me. It's not like I need an excuse for school, because I finished my BA without one, it ( Read more... )

within a few feet of myself today for first time. I'm what you call a "Numanoid" from long before his comeback and way back to Tubeway Army and while I don't own all the albums, I've got a lot of his music....I mean, I felt something before he came out Aspergers too that he was playing my chord ( Read more... )

Today, I've met with a classmate of mine whom I've known since Grade 7, and who also has Asperger's. I've also met another one of my classmates who works at the coffee shop we went to. After the conversation, I am feeling a mix of emotions, mostly a sense of sadness. I don't know why, but I'm crying right now. I cry a lot, and for various reasons ( Read more... )

This post is about the public dis-information that is allowed to propagate about Asperger's Syndrome. The topic is Nikki Bacharach, an aspie who died in January at 40 years old, and was the daughter of former model and tv actress Angie Dickinson. It's long and potentially triggering (because her life was not such a happy one), so is behind a cut. ( Read more... )

Hey everyone.

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Somehow, when I clicked to read this story on CNN, I never expected to see Asperger's mentioned.

She quietly and peacefully committed suicide to escape the ravages to her brain brought on by Asperger's

*sigh*

A moment of silence

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_en_mu/obit_nikki_bacharach

I dispute the term ravages though...