Accepting compliments, while being Asperger'sFor anyone who used to struggle with this and managed to find it easier, how did you distinguish between a compliment seemingly not feeling genuine and one that does? I'm well aware that my low self-esteem is the reason why I've struggled to respond...See More »
Asperger syndromeAsperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome, formerly described a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of...See More »
The Three Main Causes Of Early Death In AutismA new study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, revealed that the risk of premature death is about 2.5 times higher for people with autism spectrum disorder than for the rest of the...See More »
This is for the fellow autisticsCan you comment a story or idea or conspiracy theory or just anything you’ve been dying to tell someone it could be explaining a hobbit you like or anything you want. There is no judgment this is a free space. I hope you all have an awesome day.
my daughter is on the spectrumshe was diagnosed at level 1 around kindergarten. she's a super bright girl, though raising her has been quite the experience. i can't say i'm perfect, but i try to be as accepting of who she is as a person, and accommodate for things she needs that...See More »
Looking for neurodivergent folk to take an online survey for a research study....please consider participating!Hello! I am a member of the psychology faculty at an upstate NY university. One of my grad students (who is a amazingly talented young woman with ASD) is conducting a study for her master's thesis related to neurodivergence and is in need of...See More »
Autistic people come off as rude, cold, and uncaring because they don't know how to communicate like most normal people but mean no harm?
Im too shy to ask Shy to ask my psychologist for an autism diagnosis, so imma do it myself. 3 times. To be sure and dont look dumb
anybody ever got diagnosed with an autism at an age over 40?I'm not sure I want to know but it would explain a lot :(
Autistic strugglesI love being alone and I hate FEELING lonely, I am not sad being alone, but I'm not too happy about being distant, if someone comes near me I may ask for space or for them to go or i might get angry, although I'm very polite if someone offers me...See More »
im just gonna list all the ways i stimmy main 1 is sucking on things. its unusual not 2 see me without something in my mouth. usually i keep a chew toy on me 4 this, but if i dont have it then anything else works. besides that i also stim, in no particular order: with a spin ring thing...See More »
Have you ever been accused of lacking empathy and being rude?I have a couple times. This one girl I knew from high school, she was upset about something and I was very uncomfortable with comforting (not that I don’t care). I told her there’s no use crying over spilled milk. You’ll get over it. Angrily, she...See More »
I might have autism.I don’t know how to feel. I have been showing so much symptoms it’s maddening. I’ve been having these symptoms ever since I was a child as well, and they’ve been getting incredibly hard to mask. I can’t get a diagnosis at the moment because of my par...See More »
im being srsIm pretty sure at this point saying that im autistic is now an excuse for being an horrible person.