What do you guys think? He reminds me of my 11 year old aspie.

I want to see the new film 'Adam' but how can I take it seriously when they keep saying 'ass burgers' wtf?! lol. Very silly swear-word, sounds like big piles.

Hi I'm new here. Really don't have a clue whether I am on the spectrum or not. My friends went from calling me weird to calling me autistic this last year and I do have most of the symptoms listed online and score very high in the online aspergers tests but I don't know if my answers are skewed by paranoia and low self-esteem ( Read more... )

I get very frustrated in my workplace, in large part because of the people I share a cubicle with. There is nearly always too much noise and talking going on around me for me to concentrate on the work I need to be doing. Although the design and layout of the cubicles our employer chose are a part of the problem, this is the fourth cubicle I've ( Read more... )

I posted this to my personal blog, but wanted to... I dunno... share it with others? Look for similarities? This is my first post to this community. Sorry about the TL;DR;

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Interesting article in Cosmos (no, not the fashion magazine) about mental health and creative genius. It touches on the subject of ADD, Asperger's Syndrome, Bipolar disorder, and more.

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/2687/full

Given what you know about Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Education, Parenting or Neurology (and you don't all have to know anything about all these topics, just one each'll do. ;)), what thoughts do y'all have on the Arrowsmith Program?

On the one hand, my kid could use some help with his executive functioning skills, and this program certainly seems ( Read more... )

sorry if this was already discussed, I haven't been able to find it in the tags or anywhere else.

I'm a BIG fan of Grey's Anatomy, (obsession #2 for me), and if any of you watch it religously as I do, you would have seen Dr. Dixon, who we later find out she has ( Asperger's Syndrome )

Last night, I went out to play cards with a local Euchre club. It was my first time there ( Read more... )

Found this detailed Aspie quiz (don't know if I really like the term 'Aspie').

Thank you for filling out this questionnaire:

Your Aspie score: 188 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 27 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
(I don't know how to interpret the pic)

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