exactly. and it also teaches the kid that they're not responsible for their behavior (whether they really have some chemical imbalance or not).

Some of the things he did while you weren't around makes me feel that it was slightly lower than normal.

high functioning autism can be aspergers yes i know this we had a few patients with it
most are still cognitively and developmentally delayed

aspergers is generally lifelong but if you are high functioning as an adult you can show no symptoms what so ever. also i think that guy was being sarcastic. aspergers is a lot more complex then being able to recite stuff


gah that ticks me off

asperger's

ass burgers

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I was diagnosed with ADD when I was a kid. I took medicine for a long time. I eventually stopped in high school. After having bad grades in college, I tried taking it again, and it did not help, it made things worse. The only thing that helped me was figuring out how I learned, and not some medicine.

My brother has Asperger's syndrome. It's affected his entire way of life; however, he has had a post graduate school reading level since he was in the 2nd grade. When it comes to math, though, he has a really hard time. He is currently in the 9th grade and can barely do 4th grade math.

If it wasn't for my brother being on medicine, he would not be able to function normally at all. Autistic children are known to be bipolar, schizophrenic, manic depressive, epileptic, OCD, or some combination of those. My brother battles severe schizophrenia and epilepsy. He sees a lot of stuff that isnt there. When he was in the fourth grade, we had to pull him out of school because it was so bad that he would sit in his desk screaming and crying to get the bugs off his skin...or he would run out of the classroom, out of the building, and into the street because some "small people" were chasing him. He did EVERYTHING in sets of tens. He would scratch at his skin until he bled because he thought there was bugs on him. Medicine has done a lot for him with all that. He also takes medicine to keep him from having seizures. At one point in his life, if he missed one dose of his medicine (he took it 3 times a day), he would have a grand mal seizure.

He is also severely violent with just about everyone. Many blame this on bad parenting, but a lot of Asperger's kids are very very violent. My brother pulled a knife on me when he was 3 years old. Thats not bad parenting...thats a psychological problem. His medicine also helps calm him down and makes him a lot happier. He doesnt take any ADD medicines like ritalin or aterol.

It's still hard because he is now 14 and deathly afraid of movie theaters, sports arenas, etc because anything loud frightens him. Girls scare him. He likes girls, but he doesnt like them to give him attention (he is REALLY cute so he gets a lot of attention....until they get to know his personality lol). When he does get attention from girls, he freaks out. He gets so upset that he goes to the bathroom at school to call my mom from his cell. If she doesnt answer, he freaks out even more. Thats when he will start pacing. If it gets completely out of control, he will run away...like as in out of the school and god knows where.

I think a lot of people speak with ignorance on this topic. I detest more than anything when people say that mental illness isnt real or that no one needs medicine to balance their moods. Yes, it is very very over diagnosed. I agree on that, but some could not function without it. If it werent for the medicines my brother is on, he would be locked in a mental institution...no joke. We almost have had to put him in one before when he was unmedicated.

very very wrong. almost every kid with Aspergers has some sort of accelerated mental aspect. This coming from someone who has been to many many asperger group meetings, has studied the disease, and been around numerous kids who have it.

What I hate more than anything is when people think autistic kids are retards. A certain unmentionable person in my past would call my brother retarded to get under my skin. NOTHING irritated me more...NOTHING. I would die a horrible painful death for my brother. He is my inspiration and the love of my life. My brother is smarter than most college students I have met. He talks more educated than ANYONE that i know.

The following are a number of signs and symptoms that might be present in a child with AS:

* inappropriate or minimal social interactions
* conversations almost always revolving around self rather than others
* "scripted," "robotic," or repetitive speech
* lack of "common sense"
* problems with reading, math, or writing skills
* obsession with complex topics such as patterns or music
* average to above-average verbal cognitive abilities
* average to below-average nonverbal cognitive abilities
* awkward movements
* odd behaviors or mannerisms




I cant tell if you are saying that the general public associates autistic/asperger kids with retards OR if you are saying the medical profession lumps them in with the mentally retarded. If you are saying the general public associates them with the mentally retarded, then yes, unfortunately that is very true. I find your "idiot savant" comment very inappropriate and unintelligible.


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This post has been edited by Psykopath: Oct 7 2007, 11:39 AM

Who would that be?

Go look up the definition of "retard" (verb) in the dictionary and get back to me. It's not necessarily an insult to call him retarded. His mental growth is obviously stunted in some aspect. It's a lot better than calling him a fucking nutjob, which I could very well do. Most sane people I know don't pull knives on their sisters. The ones who do are usually locked up in prison, and for good reason.

If we went by your definition of "retard" then you would fit the bill better than he does. "Sane people" dont carve words into their arm when they are drunk and depressed, leaving a bloody mess on their gf's bedding.

sorry but as for the medical profession says yes most do have a form of mental retardation.
and no im not calling them "retards".
my comments werent inappropriate i gave some citation to them and i find you offensive so relax
am i calling your brother retarded? no you are making up things. some the sounds of it he sounds like he has very high functioning aspergers (what you have said as well) and i was talking about autism.
you should actually READ the posts first before you pretend to be mad and call people out

autistic people are not mentally retarded. I dont know what your stunning educators at Texas Tech teach you, but they arent. I dont see where you cited your unintelligible use of the word retard, but all sites I see say otherwise.

Another dumbfuck thing I did when I was drunk. It's so easy to get over something when you convince yourself that you hate it.

Ok. That's it.


STOP BITCHING ABOUT YOUR PAST RELATIONSHIP BULLSHIT!

I'm so fucking sick of clicking on every damn thread and having either Will or Jessica try to take a slight jab at the other during some totally unrelated topic just to stir shit.

Just STOP. Nobody on this site cares anymore. We're done laughing at how pathetic the e-breakup was, so move on!

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