InternallyLactiad
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Post by InternallyLactiad on May 16, 2016 3:27:49 GMT
I saw this thread on the old forums and thought it could be interesting to bring back, On the old forums I realised that I wasn't alone here and there were a lot of people like me. Let's see, I've had it for as long as I can remember and it's not been that bad. My main struggle was being taken seriously and not being understood. I don't really enjoy the company of others and I hate forced interactions. Homestuck, and the HS fandom has helped me through hard times. I can credit the old forums for introducing me to some of my closest friends. I also, am unable to complete thoughts without sounding repetitive or stupid which is hard because I have so many ideas to put out there.
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Post by Nero on May 18, 2016 4:38:33 GMT
i like how nobody just bothered to say anything about this thread
its like half of omega is autistic, and the other half is being super careful not to upset the other half
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The One Guy
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Post by The One Guy on May 18, 2016 14:05:23 GMT
i like how nobody just bothered to say anything about this thread What's there to say about it, though?
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Post by pointycatears on May 21, 2016 8:44:57 GMT
Well, I'm posting here because I have Aspergers, which is a type of Autism. And to find out who else is like me.
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PlatinumUmbreon
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Post by PlatinumUmbreon on May 21, 2016 16:24:22 GMT
I have autism, but you wouldn't know it by looking at me. I do speak a little funny, though.
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Post by aquilus3 on May 21, 2016 16:24:39 GMT
i like how nobody just bothered to say anything about this thread What's there to say about it, though? BUZZ ALDRIN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT!
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wolftamer9
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Post by wolftamer9 on May 22, 2016 15:13:09 GMT
Honestly, I didn't know I was on the spectrum until a couple of years ago, and I have no idea how I could have possibly missed it.
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Post by Arashi500 on May 23, 2016 14:36:15 GMT
Honestly, I didn't know I was on the spectrum until a couple of years ago, and I have no idea how I could have possibly missed it. It's easier than you'd think. A lot of people hear "autism spectrum" and think of a sliding scale that they see themselves as low on, as opposed to the more accurate image of a color wheel. I know I did, at least while I was in highschool. People also have a flimsy understanding of the spectrum at best usually, thinking of autism and Aspbergers as these heavily socially crippling quirks (which they can be, but are hardly limited to) that don't apply to them in any way.
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Post by Neptz on May 23, 2016 19:06:38 GMT
According to 4chan, everyone in the internet is in the spectrum.
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imglasses
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Post by imglasses on May 23, 2016 22:50:59 GMT
I have Asperger's. I'm great at written communication, but when actually talking to people verbally my brain is just about unable to form anything coherent. My social anxiety makes me afraid that I'll fuck up when I talk to people, but then my Asperger's always makes me ACTUALLY fuck up when I talk to people, which reinforces the anxiety. It's a pretty terrible combination.
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Post by Arashi500 on May 23, 2016 22:58:01 GMT
According to 4chan, everyone in the internet is in the spectrum. Well,they aren't exactly wrong in this case. Again, to look at it like a color wheel, the closer you are to the center (stark white), the more benign your place on the autism spectrum and your autistic traits. And the further from the center (saturated color) of the spectrum wheel, the more noticeable your autistic traits. And it's more of a color wheel than a gray scale because even at the same intensity, autism can manifest in different ways, such as social cues not coming naturally, sensitivity issues, abnormally bad anxiety control, certain OCD symptoms, etc. Like this albeit oversimplistic one here:
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Post by Neptz on May 23, 2016 23:11:49 GMT
I was typing my heart out but then my brain thought for a moment you were l iterally implying everyone on the internet was autistic and I laughed too hard.
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Post by Arashi500 on May 24, 2016 5:19:54 GMT
I'm implying that everyone falls SOMEWHERE on the autism spectrum, it's just that most people fall into the same part of the spectrum, which is considered normal and thus not autistic for practical purposes. It's a technical vs. practical thing. Technically speaking, everyone IS on the spectrum, but practically speaking, only severe deviations from the norm are noticeable and thus those who fall somewhere further form the center than closer to it are referred to as autistic and then seperated into "High-functioning" and "low-functioning" while those who fall closer to it than farther are referred to as non-autistic for practical purposes even if it's technically not the case. So while everyone in the world IS somewhere on the spectrum, fewer than most are actually referred to as autistic. It's a bit like squares and rectangles. While every square is a rectangle, not every rectangle is a square. I edited the image to help illustrate this. TL;DR: So no, not everyone is autistic. They just fall somewhere on the spectrum. Like how everyone has a measurement for how tall they are, but not everyone is actually tall. Hope that makes sense.
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The One Guy
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Post by The One Guy on May 24, 2016 14:49:31 GMT
That chart confuses me in three ways: - The way it's set up, it seems like, in order to place someone on it, that means certain traits imply other traits: For instance, to indicate that someone is both Perceptive and Impulsive, you have to put the point in Articulate, and the only way to really say someone is both Tough and Articulate is to put the point in the center, the same thing you'd do for being both Tender and Expressive. This doesn't seem right to me.
- This may just be a mistake, but in your edited chart, shouldn't high-functioning be closer to non-autistic and low-functioning be farther from non-autistic? You have it the other way around.
- The scales seem backwards. You claim that the white in the center is supposed to mean less autistic, but judging by the scales, white is more autistic.
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Post by Nero on May 24, 2016 14:58:09 GMT
That chart confuses me in three ways: - The way it's set up, it seems like, in order to place someone on it, that means certain traits imply other traits: For instance, to indicate that someone is both Perceptive and Impulsive, you have to put the point in Articulate, and the only way to really say someone is both Tough and Articulate is to put the point in the center, the same thing you'd do for being both Tender and Expressive. This doesn't seem right to me.
- This may just be a mistake, but in your edited chart, shouldn't high-functioning be closer to non-autistic and low-functioning be farther from non-autistic? You have it the other way around.
- The scales seem backwards. You claim that the white in the center is supposed to mean less autistic, but judging by the scales, white is more autistic.
no no its that there comes a point where you can become so autistic that you transcend far-and-beyond regular autism that nobody can tell the difference
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Post by Arashi500 on May 24, 2016 17:58:45 GMT
That chart confuses me in three ways: - The way it's set up, it seems like, in order to place someone on it, that means certain traits imply other traits: For instance, to indicate that someone is both Perceptive and Impulsive, you have to put the point in Articulate, and the only way to really say someone is both Tough and Articulate is to put the point in the center, the same thing you'd do for being both Tender and Expressive. This doesn't seem right to me.
- This may just be a mistake, but in your edited chart, shouldn't high-functioning be closer to non-autistic and low-functioning be farther from non-autistic? You have it the other way around.
- The scales seem backwards. You claim that the white in the center is supposed to mean less autistic, but judging by the scales, white is more autistic.
Ah, right you are. Derp derp, Arashi. Might update that later. But the gist of the message remains. Like I said, the original version of the chart isn't even very good, I chose it to illustrate the point that the spectrum is less of a 1-10 scale and more along the lines of something like a color wheel or star plot. no no its that there comes a point where you can become so autistic that you transcend far-and-beyond regular autism that nobody can tell the difference
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Post by TimeyWimeyHero on May 27, 2016 11:15:46 GMT
I have Asperger's... sometimes it's hard for me to recognize sarcasm/jokes or to make friends. I'd like to think I've improved a lot over the last few years.
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Post by Arashi500 on May 28, 2016 10:10:28 GMT
I have Asperger's... sometimes it's hard for me to recognize sarcasm/jokes or to make friends. I'd like to think I've improved a lot over the last few years. Same here. I know I've made a lot of progress, but it's never not weird having to actively learn basic social things that seem to come so naturally to others.
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