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  1. So in English, we are about to start a book that happens to have an autistic character

    So our teacher is going on about what this actually means for the character, and she's listing off symptoms of this. Then for a second I thought "this kinda sounds like me" and I realized I had no idea what autism actually fully entailed.

    I went from studying general autism, to HFA, and now I've widdled it down to Aspergers, which outlines damn near every personality quirk I thought was exclusive to me, and even some things I'm only just now realizing that, in hindsight, aren't normal. For example, my use of large words and arguably unnecessary words. As a kid I was often accused of intentionally trying to sound smart, but I know why I do that, and I've always done it for the same reason. I don't like the thought of people misunderstanding me. In fact I often try to express everything running through my mind at once in order to ensure people understand my meaning to its entirety.

    And there's much more I can relate to with what I've read, so I'm pretty sure I might have Asperger's

    1. Altastrofae

      Altastrofae

      There is this one behavior that I keep seeing, and I can relate to this so well. Its literally frustrating that I actually have trouble with this in real life, and seeing it written, I'm not sure why this is an issue. It seems so easy not to have this problem but I do:

      "Three aspects of communication patterns are of clinical interest: poor prosody, tangential and circumstantial speech, and marked verbosity. Although inflection and intonation may be less rigid or monotonic than in classic autism, people with AS often have a limited range of intonation: speech may be unusually fast, jerky, or loud. Speech may convey a sense of incoherence; the conversational style often includes monologues about topics that bore the listener, fails to provide context for comments, or fails to suppress internal thoughts. Individuals with AS may fail to detect whether the listener is interested or engaged in the conversation. The speaker's conclusion or point may never be made, and attempts by the listener to elaborate on the speech's content or logic, or to shift to related topics, are often unsuccessful.[28]"

      Oh and very much this:

      "Although individuals with AS usually understand the cognitive basis of humor, they seem to lack understanding of the intent of humor to share enjoyment with others."

      But it's not that I don't understand that on a basic level. I'm not stupid. But more like sometimes I won't realize a joke was made at all, or I'll subconciously disect the joke. Or I'll take offense to it because I took the joke literally, or simply forgot jokes are just meant to be funny and nothing more.

    2. Altastrofae

      Altastrofae

      I am now thoroughly convinced that this encompasses everything that is... wrong, I guess.... with me

      You don't know how frustrating it is, knowing there's something fundamentally wrong with you, everyone thinks it, no one explains it, and you're just lost trying to figure shit out. It's fucking ridiculous

    3. The Kaeya Simp

      The Kaeya Simp

      I actually kind of guessed you had autistic traits (cause like everyone has a few at least), but I didn't actually picture you as fully autistic, but now that I think about it.... yeah

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