Out There help: I have aspergers, are there any other aspies (people with aspergers syndrome, or PDD, or autistic like characteristics or quirks) out there? - Help.com

I may just be being stupid, but what are aspies?

people with aspergers…not me, but i know someone who has it

my b/f has it, mild but there, I love his quirks, apparently it was far worse when he was younger.

I’d be interested to know more about it. I read the wikipedia article, but find that such a description is not quite enough for me. I have been diagnosed with ADD (misdiagnosed in my opinion). I feel that some of the symptoms relating to intersts, speach, and social awkwardness I can very well relate to. I am somewhat curious if there are varying degrees of severity in AS.

thank you for the invite friends, but really sorry i don’t know what that is.

does it affect ur relationships with ppl and make u feel like a loner???

I have a child with autism.

Freak, Oprah just had a show on a book written by a celeb mom about autism. What she found when her child was diagnosed was that a very high percentage of autistic children, among other disease processes, have yeast infections throughout their bodies and brains. She had her son tested and sure enough he also had it. She eliminated whey and dairy products from his diet and saw immediate improvement within 3 days. Check it out.

What was the name of the book? I would be interested in reading it.
freakofnature you shouldn’t give up on all people.

I watch my daughter (she is non-verbal) and sometimes wish that I could join her
in her little world. She seems so happy and carefree.

Freakofnature, I have some of the symptoms, but not all associated with Aspergers. I seem to have secondary symptoms of ADD sometimes too. Your description of your social interactions really sounds a lot similar to me. However I feel pretty strongly against having categories for “mild” versions of learning disabilities. In cases such as mine I now just look at myself as a unique individual with my own learning style. In cases of severe autism or ADD or other learning disorders I can understand the need for a diagnosis, however for many of us the problem is a system that can’t cope with the fact that people learn differently. A long time ago these children were labeled stupid and weren’t able to get ahead. Now they are labeled instead with a learning disability. This can be helpful if it helps them get the help they need, but it also can lead to lower expectations, and not seeing the individual behind the “disorder”. Personally, when I was labeled with ADD I found that the “help” I was given was always a set of suggestions on how do deal with problems that are supposed to affect me because I have ADD, only I had different problems. The diagnosis led me to getting less effective help because the help I was given seemed to be directed towards they typical ADD person instead of me as an individual.
There is some debate, I understand it, towards whether certain diagnosis are just categorizing people or children on the edges of bell curves with regards to inherent strengths and weaknesses. I think the scientific community now sees these as legitimate disorders but I am not yet quite convinced.

The one thing you can do to help many of these types of problems is take an omega 3 supplement. I take one that is derived from fish but uses “molecular distillation” to separate it from any mercury that may be in the fish’s bodies. You can also take a supplement made from small fish such as herring, or eat sardines a couple times a weak, or get your omaga 3s from a grain source such as flax or flax oil.

my sister has it.

My boyfriend had given up on having a relationship with anyone because of his Aspergers, luckily I persisted and we are now happy together if not normal. He has to spend a lot of time in his own space so we don’t get to spend as long together as a normal couple I think, or certainly as much time as we could. He is pretty high-functioning, loves nearly all books rather than being too specialised, as I’ve said he has it mild and sometimes in some ways it shows more than others. He doesn’t go for large gatherings or even small ones if there are too many people he does know.
Oh and he is vegan.

my brothers an aspie! yeah. he is better than he used to be. it is hard cuz i think he gets used by ppl. cuz he doent know they are doing it. iam very protective over him. well i guess its cuz hes my brother but yeah.

freakofnature wrote:
(Only people who have aspergers or know someone who stimmys will get this.)

If your an aspie and u know it flap your hands.
*flap flap*
If your an aspie and u know it flap your hands
*flap flap*
If your an aspie and u know it and u really want to show it,
If your an aspie and u know it flap your hands!!!!!!
LOL

hahahaha so much like my bro
u should see him doing his tae kwon do grading, he gets so frustraited

Ever since you posted this I have wondered if I have it. Someday I’ll have to meet one to understand how it is exactly.

Hi,

my daughter has asperger’s. We live near Philadelphia, but we haven’t lived here long. Can anyone suggest a clinician that can provide care particularly for anxiety and insominia? Any other useful resources in the area?

Thanks,

John