About autism....World Autism Awareness Week

I have Asperger's. Honestly, it's more of a label to a certain type of person than what I'd call a disorder. I have difficulties, yes, but so does pretty much everyone. That being said, my biggest problem is with sensory issues, mainly hearing.

My first boss told me that she viewed such things as a gift. She had ADHD and said she wouldn't give it up for anything. I like her outlook on that, and even before meeting her, I'd have said the same. It helps make who we are.

Slight Asperger here! Only One of few disadvantages I have, is that I cannot find my place in the world yet, but fortunetely many normal people can't too :P The other may be suffering from low self esteem, and fear from big changes.
You can find my further comment on that thread too
Ask me for something if You want to, as I started talking too much already xD

I'm diagnosed as not being autistic. And that's because I only have traits from 2 of the 3 pillars (communication and empathy, but not the OCD part). Main problem for me is that my communication skills aren't that good. And though there are courses for autistic people to cope with their communication problems, for people with normal IQ and autism-related communicative problems there isn't really anything yet.

In short: the communication part makes it difficult to talk to people and make friends. The empathy part makes it hard to keep a relationship...
Though the diagnosis did clear up some things for me...

Apart from that I'm quite normal. Sort of... ;)

I'm not sure I get the question. Everyone has issues. It's just that issues are on a sliding scale from normal to ruinous. If it's severe enough to significantly impair one's life, it's a disorder. Otherwise, it's a quirk.

Why focus just on autism?

Your poll options are complete garbage.
The narrow and somewhat confusing set of options aside, the fact that 'disorder' now typically applies only to a narrow set of the spectrum is pretty darn notable- even if you don't agree with it, it's still a necessary sentiment to reflect in the poll.
[Or, more to the point- anyone that doesn't consider themselves to have a disorder is going to take the 'I'm sure I don't have a disorder' option, which is really heavily going to skew your results. :P]

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As far as I know, I don't have any form of autism.

I am just weird.
Never been checked out, never felt the need to.
I'm sure a lot of doctors would have a drawer with a label for me in it :P

One of my 2 best friends has a small form of asperger's (as he said, but didn't explain it further) he's ok , had a few lows but overall normal, he works as a programmer in the uk right now.

aspie here, wouldnt say I have any difficulties whatsoever to be honest

Guess I'm the odd one here; I've got several diagnosis:

Aspergers Syndrome & an eating disorder being the main ones.
(And I keep on hearing about this personality disorder I'm supposed to have, but as far as I know nobody officially diagnosed it, which tend to kinda piss me off)

I think I am lucky because I don't have any relative with any form of autism.
In another perspective, however, not having one, I don't know for sure what kind of difficulties one has face, I can only imagine some of them.

I have aspergers, although for the most part, it honestly isn't as troublesome in my daily life as my PTSD.

I only talk with computer >.<

I have asperger's syndrome, it doesn't feel good to live with it.

Nothing of that sort. Though I have depression and I'm psychosomatic because of that.
Have a nice weekend :)

I'm currently in therapy for depression, but I don't think I have any of these. I do know some people who definitely have autism and none of them are gamers in any kind of way >.<

After a couple of years dealing with MDE, my third attempt (nobody on my family or friends else you all here reading this on internet knows this ), and makes me think a lot. I've been unemployed all this time trying to figure out, what the heck i want on this world, and why seems everyone is going on what they want, or what they are biologically programmed to do. I've been collapsed alone, at one point i only feel connected (and in love) with one person, I can't explain how she somehow makes me want to be ready the next morning to take another coffee, another picture, learn a lot again, and somehow, things can't happen, at that moment I had a lost, and crushed me a lot down but keep on work and doing stuff because somehow we had each other at that time, one year later at the same time, i was feeling down again for that reason, she had a lost in her life, but I hide all because somehow she needed me, but i felt how inside me i need help. She doesn't came when i ask for help (so you know what happened next).

Long history short, dealing and reading about my "personality", keep me questioning, about life and death, to me both are valid, but is hard for those who can't read you, for those who lives in the regular world, chit chating, pretending they like each other bla bla bla, at this point, I know nobody know what the fuck wants or what they are going to do, being called "weirdo", "robot", or "you don't have feelings" hurts, and hurts a lot.

So by now, I need a job again, something near my house and with a low interaction with others, so bad I can't follow in school for money and stuff, by now I will put my bet on life, I don't now where to begin, or with who I must talk, i learn nobody in this fucking world has any idea about anything, and even this words. So by now I don't know how people makes this "rules", and follows it, and nobody "normal" can explains it, because find it weird to explain, so yep, I'm deep shit lost. But trying to figure out the world, like everyone else on this planet.

Well , I don't think I have any form of autism, but I'm incredibly shy and I have a ADD disorder(without the hyperactivity part)it's pretty annoying by the way
I think that the fact that player's community is so expended is a good thing because it allow to people with some issues in social interaction to express themselves a little more. Talk through a screen is a lot easier than in front of an actual person. there is a sort of safety place, where you can say things that you never say otherwise (you can take time to thinks of what you want to say before submit a comment, edit it, you can read a comment and take time to think about it before responding etc etc ....) sorry if what I'm saying was a bit confusing, I'm not really good in english

I have something else that makes me score somewhere between normal and autistic in online Asperger tests, if that counts. Mostly social incompatibility issues though, or typical introvert stuff. I don't have many sensory quirks or hobby obsessions or other characteristic Aspie things.

I have brain damage from an auto accident and the left side of my body doesn't always function properly. not Autistic but I feel yalls pain

I don't have anything personally (apart from being very shy (most of the time)), but my brother has PDDNOS (no idea if it's the same in english though, it might just be the dutch word). He can't function too well in society on his own, but with some guidance, he's now doing pretty well.

Quite some very successful people had been diagnosed with autism, like Daryl Hannah or Dan Aykroyd, but there are many more.
You can live with it and be successful in life like everyone else.

My son has autism, and does school online, one year he was asked to complete a typing test, when we sent the results the teacher refused to believe it, "Can you retake it and send us a video?" Sure enough, I recorded him retaking the test and the teacher had to eat his near 60 words a minute... not bad for a 13 year old... Who with my guidance built his first computer at the age of 9!

Autism ROCKS!

Asperger here. One of my biggest things is being tactile sensitive. I can't wear certain types of fabrics or eat certain food textures (I would go back in time and destroy the first onion if I could).