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xFrockx said:
In what way does it suck for the families? For all families? We're reaching a point of generalization that I think it's pretty obvious that we're no longer looking at the real world here.

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jordman said:
for me it was the mushrooms that taught me how to understand social cues etc. I was watching a movie on my first trip and I could see all the subtle hand gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, it all came to me at once - before the trip I did not understand these concepts - and how they related to socialising with other people.

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xFrockx said:
Is that so?

If you had heard more than the negative stories about autism, you might listen to something that slightly differs from your beliefs.

Plenty of families with autistic children get along just fine.

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jordman said:
for me it was the mushrooms that taught me how to understand social cues etc. I was watching a movie on my first trip and I could see all the subtle hand gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, it all came to me at once - before the trip I did not understand these concepts - and how they related to socialising with other people.

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Can you explain more about this, did you really not know what a hand gesture like this () meant?

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Yeah, pretty much a spot on observation

It was a long time ago now, but I was bullied relentlessly for about five years straight at primary school, into high school, and I was just mute. They'd say the most awful things and I'd just say nothing. So it never stopped. 'Cos I had no idea why they were doing what they were doing, I didn't know what sarcasm, hand gestures like you mentioned, or INSULTS were, why anyone would say something bad about someone else, I had (and still have) no judgement AT ALL when meeting people. I have nothing I really understand to base an assumption on - and I think this is a good thing because judgmental people are just pricks. I think it was year 10 (15-16 years old) when I flipped and started to learn from other people and began to somewhat 'get' socialising. It unfortunately went a full 180 degrees and I went apeshit at the people who were giving me shit. Needless to say, they stopped at that point!

As someone else said here, having to 'pretend to socialise', using social actions/talk that you have watched and observed and therefore learned. But its fucking HARD. And you DO feel like a fucking retard when you have stared at the floor for an entire conversation, or in an attempt to make eye contact, they think you are staring at them the whole time. Because you probably were but didn't realise it because socialising is like interacting with aliens. Or you talk way too much, or not at all. Or you are wearing whacked out looking, crazy person clothes but they look normal to you.

I have NO IDEA if a chick is into me and she'd have to flirt with me border-lining on being slut-like for me to realise anything. Its that distorted. Autism and aspergers is very similar to TLE and I'm sure people with aspergers can identify with this post.

Its fucked, and that is why I emphasized the word SPECTRUM when it comes to autism for those who don't seem to understand basic logic.

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leafing said:
for all the people saying they have autism

STFU

unless you have it diagnosed by a licensed professional (psychiatrist)

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WorldWideWInton said:
I had self diagnosed with aspies, posted about it in the phys/ment forum and got a ton of shit for it.  Had to do a bit of court ordered counciling, had them run some diagnostic tests and now I am "officially" autistic... Was I not autistic until the shrink admin'd the test? 

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xFrockx said:
Are you reading my posts?

Bold caps won't get your point across any better... or maybe they did...

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Hahahaha, the bold was to emphasize the word emphasize, bahahaha, and also to try and highlight of the basic logic of what a spectrum is. There are variations, from the top to the bottom. So of course there will be some families unaffected. Jesus is this concept that hard to grasp mate? If you actually do work with autistic kids and their families, which I don't believe you do, then I'd feel horribly sorry for them and their families if the person who is supposedly there to help them is an ignorant dickhead.

And you ask me if I read your posts? I'm pretty sure this is the replying section... maybe I'm wrong.
I ask you that question and you ask it to me?
When I am not the only one thinking you are full of shit with what you have said in this thread?
When you haven't replied to any statements I have made?
I know why, you know you are wrong and said some reeally stupid shit and you now want to save face.

roflcoptersaurus rex this is some funny shit. Unintentional humour = the best. Keep it comin guys, I'm loving it down under here

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= white flag. Hahahaha, you post plenty but you don't acknowledge any statements I make, you just make that above remark. Hahaha you put a smile on my face

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xFrockx said:
So you can tell me with a straight face that no family with autism has a positive experience raising their kid? And no, the communication difficulties that sometimes arise from autism are not insurmountable or "create a dysfunctinal relationship automaticaly (sic)"

etc etc blah blah blah blah blah blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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Autism spectrum. Spectrum. Spectrum. None of this is in bold mate, can you follow it?:

noun - a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence: the spectrum of political beliefs.

Do you get it yet? A spectrum means that there will be people at the top, bottom, and everywhere in between. So of course there are families who have had positive experiences you twit! Some people can recover and live rich and full lives. But this doesn't mean their inability to communicate before their recovery didn't affect their family in any way. Mental illness, of any nature, affects the family. That is the nature of the beast, and this is why families educate themselves so they can help their offspring. Sounds really easy and non-life interfering doesn't it?

Why don't you just admit you are wrong? You're a judgmental person who posts in a thread about mental health issues when you CLEARLY have no idea on the subject. You just want to troll, and try to offend people who may be more susceptible to bullying, even if it is online.

This is pretty pathetic with quite disturbing views towards this area of mental health. Nobody wants to listen to your horse-shit dude. You are simply adding to the stigma that surrounds this sort of topic, which is sickening and also sad. For you. You should probably see your shrink more often.

'Positive outlook'. Bahahahahahaha! Can you spell backwards? It has nothing to do with perspective, it is the REALITY OF THE SITUATION.
Oh I'm sorry did those caps for emphasis frighten you? If so, I am truly sorry.

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Stopwhispering said:
This is a thread about scientific research, your assumptions and your opinions mean nothing here. Knowledge is the only thing req. as the title suggests, and what has been proven is that it is called a spectrum for a reason.  Looking at any form of "mental illness" in black and whites will never give a true overview of what a specific thing means in regards to each person involved.

Assuming that you know where people self diagnosed as having aspergers or high functioning autism are coming from is arrogant at best.

If you want to talk in opinions I have one too, we are each slightly geared towards one direction or another and what is considered "normal" only exists within society's narrow view, of "normal" some people are less emotional and need things to be ordered and make sense, some folks prefer chaos, some people maintain serveral points of view about any one subject, and some people are hypochondriacs and try to diagnose themselves with whatever fits their situation best at any given time. 

I am not a hypochondriac, I am not socially awkward, I draw no benifit from labelling myself as having mild aspergers, and it is not something that will make one iota of difference to how I choose to live my life. It is something that I have self diagnosed only recently and will seek formal testing to clarify where I personally sit in regards to the scale of things. For me it is a matter of curiosity no more, no less. For others it is a big deal to discover something like that and it most certainly shouldn't be undermined or mocked or as what seems to be happening in this thread attacked, with no prior consideration.

To assume to know someone elses mind means you know very little about your own. This is not a direct response to any one post in this thread, merely a reaction to the tone this thread seems to have taken.

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Wrong about what? Quote one thing I said that you disagree with. I think you're straw manning me. I've not said anything general about autism, only that not all experiences are negative, pretty much the

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Is that so?

If you had heard more than the negative stories about autism, you might listen to something that slightly differs from your beliefs.

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xFrockx said:You're talking to someone who has been working with people who have been diagnosed with autism and other brain disorders for the past two and a half years. "Fucking sucks" is in the eye of the beholder. Anyone can live a happy life regardless of their brain development. Cheapening someone else's life because they aren't normal in your eyes is disparaging. Social standards of success are no measure of worth.

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In what way does it suck for the families? For all families? We're reaching a point of generalization that I think it's pretty obvious that we're no longer looking at the real world here.

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xFrockx said:
There is nothing inherently terrible about Autism.

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Raising a kid with autism is not fundamentally more trying or difficult than raising any other child. It forces a change in perspective sometimes.

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xFrockx said:And lastly to all those claiming autism is some fucking scourge I would ask you listen to your fucking selves and not speak like that because of what it does to the perception of autistic people and children. We don't need bleeding hearts piling on negativity, it doesn't help anything. We can and still are learning about autism. So unless you have a more proactive discussion in mind, I'm done. I don't have the luxury of looking at autism from a distance and being able to sling judgements whichever way I want without consequence. You can all keep your perceptions of autism, I experience it nearly every day, and I have families of those I support thanking me and telling me I do a great job on a regular basis. I don't need your bullshit discouraging me from doing work I enjoy doing.

So to anyone telling me I must be a bad person because of my positive outlook, fuck you, fuck you in the ass.

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Christian Bale said:
Louis Theroux did a good documentary on autistic children a few weeks ago, I don't know how familiar you Americans are with him though.

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