I apologise for deviating off topic and airing my dirty laundry, but...ajmrowland wrote:I would've said the same things. Actually, almost everyone on that forum says it.disneyboy20022 wrote: Interesting site........which If I were to reply there I would say....this which I believe is true.....Asperger Syndrome is not a cookie cutter syndrome....which translates Just because one diagnosed Aspie has the exact sympton or replica as the other......I mean if you got a cold around the fall or spring....everyone's symptons are runny nose sneezing....where with Asperger Syndrome..has more grey areas about the autism...and if someone asked me now if I was smart....and yet at the same time lacked what double meanings mean....and wouldn't pick up on some things as other kids do around my age....I would say yes....I also would say.....if someone asked me if a child (such as me at the age I was diagnosed with iAS) is very influenced around there upbringing....or how parents raise them......I would say to a degree yes.......because sometime you gotta make a plan because the child who gets diagnosed does grow up or grow older...and it depends how parents and teachers and how much or less a support group was needed and a good shrink and I think medicine is vital.....and I do not support these so called drug vacations where people stop taking their pills because they are doing well.....I mean do diabetic people stop taking insulin for a vacation because the medicine is working well so lets stop it...no....and for me it helped my mom was a RN and my dad taught and still does teach kids with severely disabled handicaped kids.......so....and also we learned a few years ago that my Dad has AS....but I feel that he is going backwards almost even though I am making more success in learning things about whats appropriate when where and if.....which leads to another study....whihc my mom said years ago....Asperger Syndrome or even autism in general....is like backwards
wow! very interesting.http://actionforautism.co.uk/2008/08/04 ... lzheimers/
and then you migh enjoy reading this...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03314.html
I myself have on an old windows 3.1 a kinda journal of my experiences as a kid and I was a kid when I wrote them....so...if that computer still works....I want to get the thing i've called my life story off of their as a teaching tool for some people.....
It's very interesting you brought this up as I am also somebody who has been diagnosed in this particular grouping (I am yet to find a term that doesn't either make it sound like some sort of medical disability or a stupid fraternity).
Apart from a MAJOR meltdown earlier this year when I tried to change too much too quickly with a poor post-school career choice, I have come to enjoy what it has to offer and I have never, ever brought it up without somebody specifically addressing it first. My undying and encyclopedic love of Disney has given me great pleasure for many, many years and I hope it does so for many more to come. There is nothing I love more than tracking down rare CDs or DVDs or tramping out to reference libraries so I can find articles in architecture/design journals about the signage Design of the EuroDisney & Walt Disney World resorts by Sussman/Prejza.
I have learnt the hard way to not really give a crap about what people think of me - getting called a weird cynical asshole or my favorite... not like us = gay... are things I now wear as a badge of honor. The fact of the manner is if I want to take a solo trip half way around the world to visit the place I love (Disneyland) there is nothing wrong with that.
The only real thing I can honestly say it's prevented me from doing (apart from poor post-school career choice) is driving - I just get too stressed behind the wheel and freak out. Luckily, I have public transport or a friend who is always going to be driving somewhere to rely on.
Of course, my experience is my own and will not apply to others. There are times when yes, I do lapse back into dark moods and feel desperately lonely because I can't get people to understand who I am but I eventually realise the only way I am going to be happy is to enjoy what I have and I know that I will be able to achieve what I want in life ahead - WDAS is for the taking!
(Well, first of all the US INS is for the taking, but while I'm studying my Digital Media course at University I want to do WDW International Program then after I finish the WDAS Talent Development Program > ??? > Job!)



