Originally Posted by 08marsh (Post 6340028)

I never claimed to know anything about his medical condition or diagnosis. I'm merely commenting on those who seem to believe they do.

Originally Posted by courses (Post 6340054)

Well it can probably be interlinked I suspect? I was told that many people with ASD are very obsessional.

Originally Posted by Blue Cadillac (Post 6339889)

Indeed they do but the anxiety with most people on the spectrum is quite different and very misplaced in comparison to someone who is considered normal. I presume that most people suffer from anxiety as a trait in most new social situations (due to the fact that the unknown must scare us all to some extent) However the anxiety i feel from walking out side my front door is probably (but not in all cases) ten fold as bad to that of a "normal" person.

As an example when i go into a social situation with any one person i will very carefully watch body language to gauge reactions from the person i am interacting with (quite normal i presume?). If i get even the slightest undertone that they are losing interest i will instantly change the subject matter. When this change takes places and i make my presumption based on observation, my anxiety goes from say 7/10 to 10/10 and will have a huge detrimental effect on my perceptions of how the conversation went and also weather or not i like this person due to my perception of their reaction to my conversation. I would also say that i will take my perceived knock back (which may or may not have actually been perceived by others in the same manner) in a hugely detrimental way and this will determine how i perceive them in the future. To stop this from happening over years i have learned to instead of being myself create specific persona's for specific personalities that i will come across (of course the issues arise when i start to behave as myself rather than as the persona designed to manage the anxiety in these situations)

articulating my feelings is very difficult but what i am getting at is that every social interaction for me is like say, A job interview. It doesnt matter if its with someone in a shop, the postman or an associate. Only the closest family members do not cause this problem and the Internet is another gem of a place where i do not suffer from this issue.

Now my case is probably very different from 99% of all other people who are on the autistic spectrum.

i also waffle on............:sleep::hugesmile::sleep::hugesmile: :sleep:

Originally Posted by Jarvio (Post 6340056)

Do you mean obsessions with certain things? i.e. my cousin knows everything there is to know about planes and it's all he talks about. But that doesn't account for the compulsion side of it like checking the door 20 times. Hmm. I'd always thought OCD was very separate to AS because of that.

Originally Posted by courses (Post 6340071)

I am certain the two can be interlinked, and often are.

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 6340075)

I'm getting on in years and live with someone who's son has aspergers. She thinks I may have it because i say some innapropriate things..i told her to **** off.

Originally Posted by courses (Post 6340071)

I am certain the two can be interlinked, and often are.

Originally Posted by Blue Cadillac (Post 6340073)

Yep, that's what the doctor who diagnosed me said too.

Many conditions are often interlinked.

Another characteristic of myself that I forgot to mention is that I need everything to be set/on a routine, and if there's any change it will freak me out. Short-notice plans stress me no end, and things cannot be left unresolved in my mind or I can't function until they are.

Originally Posted by Jarvio (Post 6340088)

sarcasm can be a bugger as well..you'll get round it pal, you come across so well on here..hats of to you for being so open with us..you're a good lad.

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard (Post 6339966)

I expect most of us can find a bit of mild Asperger's in ourselves, if we look hard enough! Lol! ;)

Originally Posted by 08marsh (Post 6340023)

Why's that? Because you declared that to be true?

Originally Posted by sway (Post 6341193)

No, its logical. Being in a boy band like 5ive doesn't exactly tick the 'I would rather read a quantum physics book than go to a party" check box on the Autism test.

Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 6340036)

Yeah it really is. I'm hoping that things will improve in the workplace now that I have a diagnosis. But at the same time I don't want to 'count my chickens'.

It's so hard to find a job these days, let alone the right job.

Originally Posted by Jarvio (Post 6341763)

I think, out of the 2, I'd rather go to a party. Sure, there'd be social difficulties, but that's what I'd rather do. On top of this I'm a musician who has performed live (although it IS nerve-racking as hell for me).

So by your logic this means I don't have aspergers then? (even though I have a diagnosis in writing, confirmed by a professional).

Not everyone who has it are the same. Not everyone will tick the same boxes.

Originally Posted by kistar (Post 6341951)

Read my post it might help.

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 6335311)

Yeah, and their understanding can be quite literal as well. I remember a while back our teacher told us to not rush through our work and he took it very literally, barely doing anything within the 45 minutes. :/

Originally Posted by Jarvio (Post 6341982)

Thanks, it's appreciated

Originally Posted by kistar (Post 6342206)

You have to learn to know your mind watch how it works and what you think you will learn that it is a machine you are at the helm of , so it should not rule you because without you it doesn't exist.

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6342449)

Hang on you lost me, if you separate your mind from you and you are guiding your mind who is guiding you?

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6342730)

That's all well and good to challenge an irrational anxiety relating to personal idiosyncrasies. I don't however see how they can be held up against an Autistic spectrum disorder.
As in your case you could recognise the irrationality of your thought process, someone with Aspergers wouldn't necessarily identify a social faux pas if they encountered it.

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 6339913)

I am waiting on Boomoo to come back and explain her post. It is the type of thing the Daily Mail churns out, with no basis in fact.

Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 6342771)

I will answer a bit of what he/she said,
people can get disability living allowance, for having as, or being on the autism spectrum and in some severe cases they will get a car.

but its not a simple process to get put on the spectrum!.

a couple won the lottery but refused to give up their free mobility car!, so its swings and roundabout's.

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6342772)

In order to qualify for a mobility car through the now defunct DLA, you had to have been receiving the high rate of the mobility component. I'm far from an expert on Autism, but I would imagine very few people with the condition would meet this criteria.

Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 6342775)

that's true, but also mobility cars are not income based so you can have lottery winners still entitled to a free car.