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 Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:40 pm
Gosh, I always have such a difficult time explaining what Aspergers is. I mean, I know what it is, because I experience it... But how am I supposed to explain it to someone who doesn't have Aspergers? And there are so many aspects of it. It's like there is no simple way of explaining it.
It's like... a completely different way of understanding the world around you.
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:40 pm
I know. neutral I haven't found a way to tell anyone about it without paralyzing them with a wall of text of a wikipedia entry. Of course, the amount of words that they see frightens them into not reading it.
<_< I'd like to see some way how to tell someone what it is...
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:58 pm
PrinceTeal I know. neutral I haven't found a way to tell anyone about it without paralyzing them with a wall of text of a wikipedia entry. Of course, the amount of words that they see frightens them into not reading it. <_< I'd like to see some way how to tell someone what it is... I usually surrender to the point of only explaining the relivant part. There is no way I can explain the nuances of it all, so I just deal with what is relivant to the person I am talking too.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:41 am
It's easier to just say you have any of the following:
ADD/ADHD
SAD
OCD
Hyperlexia
PDD
Socially-impaired
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:48 pm
Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Source: http://www.Aspergers.com
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:53 pm
Bizenghast Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Source: http://www.Aspergers.com Beautiful... Completely accurate. And you didn't read my first post. I wasn't wanting to know what Asperger's is, I have it, I know what it is. I was wanting to figure out a way to explain it simply to non-Asperger's people.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:03 pm
Takari Forever Bizenghast Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Source: http://www.Aspergers.com Beautiful... Completely accurate. And you didn't read my first post. I wasn't wanting to know what Asperger's is, I have it, I know what it is. I was wanting to figure out a way to explain it simply to non-Asperger's people. ....So what you are trying to say is... It can be explained simpler than that?
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:08 pm
Bizenghast Takari Forever Bizenghast Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Source: http://www.Aspergers.com Beautiful... Completely accurate. And you didn't read my first post. I wasn't wanting to know what Asperger's is, I have it, I know what it is. I was wanting to figure out a way to explain it simply to non-Asperger's people. ....So what you are trying to say is... It can be explained simpler than that? I dunno, I want to find a simpler way. Because THAT is definately NOT simple.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:14 pm
Takari Forever Bizenghast Takari Forever Bizenghast Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Source: http://www.Aspergers.com Beautiful... Completely accurate. And you didn't read my first post. I wasn't wanting to know what Asperger's is, I have it, I know what it is. I was wanting to figure out a way to explain it simply to non-Asperger's people. ....So what you are trying to say is... It can be explained simpler than that? I dunno, I want to find a simpler way. Because THAT is definately NOT simple. Well, it kind of is... If you go deeper into the subject, you can fill a book. So... If it would get any shorter, I guess you would have to say something like: "It's a mental disorder that impairs capability of social interaction, speech, and interests to some degree. A milder form of autism, so to say." I don't really know. I think I will go to sleep...
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:20 am
its a brain disorder it effects a part of your brain that deals with certian stuff in body and mind and think there is no cure or even a meditcation that can help fix it abolutly nothing we can do to change the brain fuctions with it but we can adapt to stuff around us. effect 1 out of 11 males and 1 out of a 1000 females
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:27 am
I usually explain that it's a disorder on the autism spectrum or a mild form of autism. People know what autism is and it's pretty easy to figure out what kind of difficaulties a person with asperger has if he says that asperger is a mild form of autism 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:28 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:07 pm
Heidi80 I usually explain that it's a disorder on the autism spectrum or a mild form of autism. People know what autism is and it's pretty easy to figure out what kind of difficaulties a person with asperger has if he says that asperger is a mild form of autism 3nodding Actually, I've met many people who don't know what Autism is. I was quite surprised. So, then I had to like explain everything from scratch. Most of the time when I try to explain it I get a blank stare
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:29 am
Takari Forever Heidi80 I usually explain that it's a disorder on the autism spectrum or a mild form of autism. People know what autism is and it's pretty easy to figure out what kind of difficaulties a person with asperger has if he says that asperger is a mild form of autism 3nodding Actually, I've met many people who don't know what Autism is. I was quite surprised. So, then I had to like explain everything from scratch. Most of the time when I try to explain it I get a blank stare I thought that people nowadays at least know what autism is, with all kinds of neurological disorders getting more and more common. *tries to start an autism/as/adhd enlightment campain
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:29 am
Heidi80 eek I thought that people nowadays at least know what autism is, with all kinds of neurological disorders getting more and more common. *tries to start an autism/as/adhd enlightment campain More common? No... more diagnosed 3nodding
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