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18-01-10, 04:18 PM | #21 | |
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Anyway, I digress. I would never have considered her to be autistic, but she actually had a lot of similar symptoms to what you describe. She was phobic of the colour yellow and she would start talking and then talk for hours. Not in a conversational way, she'd just go into this strange state where she'd just talk and talk about whatever was going on in her mind. She also had a 'special skill' that's very like those seen in autistic people. She had an amazing memory and was memorising the railway timetables of eastern European countries. |
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18-01-10, 04:24 PM | #22 | |
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As for my experience/interaction; I used to go back into the unit every week, sometimes several times a week, before we moved house. The child concerned didn't once show any signs of recognition. I feel very much for the children but even more so for the parents. The parents, at the very least have an expectation for their children when they are born. To have that so cruelly dashed, and then week in week out as they apear to make ground/connect only for the return to square one... If I won £10 million on the lottery, I know where most of it would go.
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18-01-10, 04:37 PM | #23 |
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Once you've aware of it, you see it everywhere - I can think of one or two senior managers I work with who show signs (all First Class Oxbridge degrees as well, where I think you'll find a lot of aspies hiding in the science departments). All undiagnosed, I expect.
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18-01-10, 05:03 PM | #24 | |
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18-01-10, 05:47 PM | #25 |
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I'm so glad others with much more day to day and personal experiences have responded to the misguided and ignorant comments made about those with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. I read some of the initial comments with increasing irritation but didn't have the chance to repsond at the time. I'm glad because my response has now been tempered by time and the anger I felt has died down a bit.
What Coolgirl and others have said about living with someone with this type of difference is so true, and even though I did my post-grad research with teenagers with autism, they can express the reality better than me. Just one misunderstanding to redress though. The vast majority of people with autism or Aspergers do not have one special skill. The occasional examples you see are known as 'savants'. It is true that ASD people can be very good at focussing complete attention on one things, and so can become very good at it (read obsessed) but the genius skills shown by Tim Peek et al are very rare. It is not a normal feature of ASD. |
20-01-10, 04:32 AM | #26 |
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Sorry about the way this thread may have swayed,
My intentions were purely to bring to light the way such illnesses affect many people. I'm very sorry for the experience people here have because of the conditions their children may suffer from, etc. From what I have seen from my uncle and auntie, I only hope that any parent that has experienced such first hand only has the best support they can find! |
20-01-10, 08:29 AM | #27 | |
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I'm trying not to be too judgmental on some others who have posted in this thread because I think they have an inaccurate view of autism/aspergers and how people affected by it can come across. Yes they may seem rude but I think the issue here is that they are not trying to be rude or are even aware that they are, they are just trying to communicate and deal with a very confusing and often frightening world in the best way they can. I think that anyone who is aware that an individual has an ASD shouldn't then say that they are rude or ignorant because that is the only way they know how to be and for a lot of individuals with ASD it is only through a lot of hard work and frustration that they are even able to communicate at all, so I feel that there should be recognition that there is a big difference between being rude and struggling with a communication/social disability. |
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20-01-10, 09:42 AM | #28 |
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The guy i talked about back on page one who i was at college with, he was polite and nice. He was very bound to following the rules though, and I got a thick ear when I challenged him (jokingly) to a race one day from college to home (he only lived around the corner from me)
I think people with aspergers and autism have the ability to be polite, but from what I've seen they just get frustrated and stressed out so easily that you can forgive them for getting upset |
20-01-10, 10:52 AM | #29 | |
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He is also extremely polite to the point where he will always always say thank you for everything, the only drawback on this is that he needs an acknowledement, a you're welcome or even just ok. So much so that if he doesn't get an acknowledgement he will just keep repeating thank you getting louder and louder each time until he does...!!! |
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20-01-10, 11:14 AM | #30 |
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Sticking to the rules can be a right pain at times...
You would be surprised how awkward it can be. An example is, My son loves his psp, wii playstation etc and as such got a few games for christmas. Now, he is 9....... How many 9 year olds do you know that will not play games that are 12+.... He got Super Smash Bros for the Wii but persuading him to play it was very difficult. As I have said in earlier posts, he is very mildly affected but it does affect everyday life. To an outsider, I don't think it is easily understood how a "normal" lifestyle can be affected by autism. Mind you, I have to say that looking at the bahaviour of a lot of other kids I am really lucky to have a son who is as well behaved as he is. |
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