Does anyone else get fantastically upset with certain types of humor? Like I can't watch most American sitcoms at ALL, I get really anxious at the embarrassing situations that people have in them. I'm not quite sure what this is, maybe a hyper-developed sort of empathy for the characters? But its even if the characters are doing fine sometimes, it ( Read more... )

OK, so when I play the guitar in front of people, I mean really open up and play in front of people, I feel very uncomfortable afterward. I feel uncomfortable in a way that makes it nearly impossible to talk to people at all. It's almost as if I've opened up a portal to my soul and in doing so I've left myself vulnerable, to whatever... so I have ( Read more... )

So I was playing an old videogame of mine, and, to my surprise, one of the secondary characters is very overtly on the autistic spectrum ( Read more... )

So, I've kinda wanted an Aspie t-shirt for a while and so far "autistic kids rock" is my favourite. I think it's funny 'cause it's true in at least 2 ways, as a verb and as an adjective ( Read more... )

...And I started reading about the character "Blackwolf", [edit: a superhero from a novel by Austin Grossman based on Marvel and DC heroes] who is supposedly autistic. Apparently he gets his mental powers from a rare form of autism, but that isn't talked about much in the comics. Then I found a couple of other things online about the autistic ( Read more... )

I know some of you like to keep tabs on celebrities/artists with ASDs, so I thought I'd alert you to Ladyhawke. She's a singer-songwriter from New Zealand, currently being promoted quite heavily in the UK. Her music is 80s-style elcetropop www.myspace.com/ladyhawkerock

This is a link to an article which profiles her. I like the way it discusses ( Read more... )

I came across this community a while ago and it seemed interesting, so I have some questions and what not and I was hoping some of you who have been diagnosed with AS can help me ( Read more... )

Hello, I don't post here much, but I have been a member of this community for four years. I finally have a 'does anyone else ( Read more... )

So I was watching Sci Fi channel recently, and I saw an episode of Mind Control with Darren Brown. I thought to myself, "He's not psychic? Then.. dear LORD, his personal charisma is amazing!" Then I started looking up some of his tricks and techniques, and I really found something noteworthy ( Read more... )

For those who play video games or Dungeons and Dragons - do you get an odd thrill out of simply going over the strategy guides (for video games) and... what's the term... "expansion manuals" (for Dungeons and Dragons) that's almost as strong as the game itself? I don't play D&D (just read the manuals) but I notice this oddity. Is it just me, or is ( Read more... )