health Who is autistic?

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

Hello there! 

So I've noticed that a fair amount of people on this forum, probably like 90% have autism, most of the time asperger autism. And that's kinda interesting to me, since in the normal world, only like 0.2% of people have have asperger autism.

So I wanna know, who here is autistic, and in what ways does in affect you?

I for myself have asperger autism, and it probably cause me to not be interested in relationships for the first 17 or 18 years of my life, so I more or less have to learn everything about dating now, which kinda sucks, but.....yeah....

I'am also just really bad in social situations in general....and I often overshare personal stuff which can be kinda awkward for the other person sometimes. 

 

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

I don't know the actual numbers, but I'm pretty sure it's not 90%.

[Member Berry 1,217]

I'm not, no. My boyfriend has Asperger's, though.

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,051]

I'm not sure people on this forum have autism... You know not being interested in relationship and being extremely shy introvert etc doesn't mean you have Asperger. 

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

Probably nowhere near 90% of the members here are autistic, but probably I'd assume our community has at least a good 10x higher percentage of members in the autism spectrum than the percentage of the world population. Now I could offer up a reason why I think this is, being that autistic children and adults are more heavily influenced by cartoons like MLP... But anyways...

 

 

I never got a diagnosis by a trained professional (would help if I could right now), but I'd say that I have Asperger's Syndrome from my relatively miniscule knowledge of the subject.

 

It has probably affected me in a lot of ways, including the facts that my handwriting is flat-out horrendous and I couldn't tie my shoes until I was 10 (it does affect motor skills in some cases but not all), the fact that many times in the past I've actually in the past TRIED to be alone most of the time, the fact that I've been considered a socially awkward person by most I've met, and the fact that I could finish multiplication charts a couple of years before I could tie my shoes (and faster than anybody else!)

Edited January 12, 2017 by TwillyFSniper

[Techno Universal 2,575]

Well my parents had me tested and diagnosed me with milled autism when I was only around 2 years old. It's actually the same type of autism as a number of famous revolutionary inventors/physicists like Elbert Einstein. I'm actually extremely smart haveing quite a lot of knowledge in every area. I have released that maby my autism could make me into someone that ended up revolutionising the human race from one big scientific discovery. But still the only issues I really have are glitches in my speech. I have had a massive revelation in my thinking in the last two years and now my minuscule knowledge is a lot more than average as a lot of it has become completely automatic as I can perfectly stabilise my head so it doesn't bob around at all when I'm walking and that is actually very unusual for anyone with autism but it's cool in a way.

[Amaterasupony 19]

I have Asperger's syndrome too, and I can relate to what you said. Being socially awkward, I sometimes just don't know what to say to people and when I force myself to do so, I kind of make myself look silly. For some reason, when I'm with my friends, I do not experience this. I still don't feel like wanting to date either, even at my 20th. I also have some problems with my motoric skills sometimes.

 

But please don't think too bad about yourself, as people with autism usually have very unique skills and interests. We do experience life in a different way, so please make it yours and don't mind your social skills too much. I have learned from my mistakes, and so I am sure you can do that too   

 

 

 

Probably nowhere near 90% of the members here are autistic, but probably I'd assume our community has at least a good 10x higher percentage of members in the autism spectrum than the percentage of the world population. Now I could offer up a reason why I think this is, being that autistic children and adults are more heavily influenced by cartoons like MLP.

 

This is very much true to me, as I easily get hooked by everything anime and cartoons. I typically relate more to other creatures than human beings for some reason too, and as such, this makes shows like MLP stand out to me. I can't say this is true for every member, as autism is a very 'broad' word.  

[Widdershins 9,959]

   Yeah...I do too. I had learning disabilities and some ear infection when I was a baby that needed some serious speech therapy to get over, so my Mother spent an awful lot of time pushing for a diagnosis of Autism or Asperger's or whatever it may be called today. Personally, I feel bad for getting saddled with that too when I've been around others that have it so visibly worse then I. I kind of feel its sort of a way to label being shy as some sort of mental imbalance. Most of what I have I feel I can attribute more towards not having left the house much & having to deal with a domineering Mother like what I grew up with.

  Little of what I understand as being symptoms of Autism seem to be something that can exclusively be attributed towards that alone. Like, I do have a good amount of them, like facial recognition but I had only seen but two or so faces and emotions tended to be... touchy subjects in my household.

   I dunno, I feel its more important to know who you are by your own terms rather then paying some therapist to say "Here's your deal, feel bad about it, now go take a pill."

[Corgis 574]

I thought there was just a thread about this a few months ago.  Anyways, I've said it before but I have a lot of symptoms of Asperger but I was never diagnosed since they mild symptoms compared to most.  My dad also has a few Symptoms of it as well so it really makes me wonder sometimes if I just have a mild case of it.  My motor skills are poor which is what bothers me the most since I can't participate in sports very well (I never figured out how to catch balls properly) and I get worried about doing physical things out of fear of messing up.  I am also not good with eye contact at all and I can be socially awkward but it's gotten better as time goes on.  Definitely had some weird interests that people find strange a lot of the time so that is not fun to deal with either.    I've never dated really but I'm almost sure a girl had interest in me about 5 years back, never tried to go anywhere with it since I was confused about my sexuality back then and I had no idea how relationships worked.  I'm not in much of a better situation today actually.

[Prospekt 11,018]

I wouldn't say 90% of the people here are on the Autism Spectrum. There certainly are some wonderful people here who are, but I really don't think that they make up the majority.

 

I have wondered in the past if I have some sort of undiagnosed Asperger's, similar to @Corgis above, but I am wary of self-diagnosing myself with anything, so I almost never talk about it with anyone. Besides, I have just never really gotten around to bringing it up with a professional.

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

I'm not sure people on this forum have autism... You know not being interested in relationship and being extremely shy introvert etc doesn't mean you have Asperger. 

I'am pretty sure I have it......unfortunaly, because I got the diagnosis from a real pychologist about two years ago. I don't self diagnoes in order to look like I'am special, in fact, if it would be possible, I would immediately get rid of it, I mean it just sucks.

 

   Yeah...I do too. I had learning disabilities and some ear infection when I was a baby that needed some serious speech therapy to get over, so my Mother spent an awful lot of time pushing for a diagnosis of Autism or Asperger's or whatever it may be called today. Personally, I feel bad for getting saddled with that too when I've been around others that have it so visibly worse then I. I kind of feel its sort of a way to label being shy as some sort of mental imbalance. Most of what I have I feel I can attribute more towards not having left the house much & having to deal with a domineering Mother like what I grew up with.

  Little of what I understand as being symptoms of Autism seem to be something that can exclusively be attributed towards that alone. Like, I do have a good amount of them, like facial recognition but I had only seen but two or so faces and emotions tended to be... touchy subjects in my household.

   I dunno, I feel its more important to know who you are by your own terms rather then paying some therapist to say "Here's your deal, feel bad about it, now go take a pill."

I don't really think like that, if a psychologist you diagnoses I known mental disorder, they know how to help you to deal with it. Honestly, I'am kinda annoyed about this "autism acceptance movements", autistic people just have to learn how to deal with normal people, not the other way around. You really can't expect everyone to know a lot about a disorder that only about 0.2% of the population has.

 

Well my parents had me tested and diagnosed me with milled autism when I was only around 2 years old. It's actually the same type of autism as a number of famous revolutionary inventors/physicists like Elbert Einstein. I'm actually extremely smart haveing quite a lot of knowledge in every area. I have released that maby my autism could make me into someone that ended up revolutionising the human race from one big scientific discovery. But still the only issues I really have are glitches in my speech. I have had a massive revelation in my thinking in the last two years and now my minuscule knowledge is a lot more than average as a lot of it has become completely automatic as I can perfectly stabilise my head so it doesn't bob around at all when I'm walking and that is actually very unusual for anyone with autism but it's cool in a way.

That's probably the only thing you could call positive about autism, I mean by far not all people with autism have some sort of special talens and therefore often end up with really bad jobs. I'am lucky that my biggest interest is chemistry right now (and I hope it remains like that), because that is at least something useful.

 

I thought there was just a thread about this a few months ago.  Anyways, I've said it before but I have a lot of symptoms of Asperger but I was never diagnosed since they mild symptoms compared to most.  My dad also has a few Symptoms of it as well so it really makes me wonder sometimes if I just have a mild case of it.  My motor skills are poor which is what bothers me the most since I can't participate in sports very well (I never figured out how to catch balls properly) and I get worried about doing physical things out of fear of messing up.  I am also not good with eye contact at all and I can be socially awkward but it's gotten better as time goes on.  Definitely had some weird interests that people find strange a lot of the time so that is not fun to deal with either.    I've never dated really but I'm almost sure a girl had interest in me about 5 years back, never tried to go anywhere with it since I was confused about my sexuality back then and I had no idea how relationships worked.  I'm not in much of a better situation today actually.

I also had weird interests, I mean I was probably one of the stangest kids ever, when I was about three or four years old, I always wanted to touch rails, but I wasn't even interested in trains, just rails, literally every time I saw rails, my parents had to walk to them with me, so that I can touch them with my hands. 

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,051]

 

 

I'am pretty sure I have it......unfortunaly, because I got the diagnosis from a real pychologist about two years ago. I don't self diagnoes in order to look like I'am special, in fact, if it would be possible, I would immediately get rid of it, I mean it just sucks.

Well shit...  I would have prefered for you that was a self diagnostic...

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

Well shit...  I would have prefered for you that was a self diagnostic...

Why would you have prefered that? O.o I think self diagnosing yourself with something is never really good.

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,051]

Why would you have prefered that? O.o I think self diagnosing yourself with something is never really good.

Yeah sure, but you could have made a mistake and so you would not have had asperger. But if it's from a specialist, well there not much chance he made a mistake...

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

Yeah sure, but you could have made a mistake and so you would not have had asperger. But if it's from a specialist, well there not much chance he made a mistake...

I was in therapy by her for about a year, people in middle school actually asked me if I had some mental disorder and I was a pretty weird child in general, so I'am like 99% sure I'am autistic, sadly.

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,051]

I was in therapy by her for about a year, people in middle school actually asked me if I had some mental disorder and I was a pretty weird child in general, so I'am like 99% sure I'am autistic, sadly.

Well I'm sorry to hear it, but don't worry, here nobopony will juge you.

[Corgis 574]

I also had weird interests, I mean I was probably one of the stangest kids ever, when I was about three or four years old, I always wanted to touch rails, but I wasn't even interested in trains, just rails, literally every time I saw rails, my parents had to walk to them with me, so that I can touch them with my hands. 

 

I was more interested in actual trains myself.  I had a pile of magazines about them, just about the only books I read were about trains, I had models of them and my favorite video games were about trains.  People used to make fun of me for it so I was quiet about it which kind of sucked since I had no friends with the same interests. I was also very interested in coins for a while and I had to check all the dates on the coins I found, I went absolutely nuts when I found one from 1899 and I still remember that moment even though it was almost 15 years ago.

[Bomb Sheep 77]

I used to have aspergers, until I went through some serious self-therapy and learning about social skills. I am still pretty socially awkward for someone who just came out of having aspergers. (It was a rather mild case, but it was curable)

 

P.S. I refer to autism as a disease, but it is not.

Edited January 6, 2017 by Bomb Sheep

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

I used to have aspergers, until I went through some serious self-therapy and learning about social skills. I am still pretty socially awkward for someone who just came out of having aspergers. (It was a rather mild case, but it was curable)

 

P.S. I refer to autism as a disease, but it is not.

You know that people with Asperger Autism have a physically different brain then normal people and therefore it is uncurable. You can only learn how to deal with it, but you have to live with it for you whole life.

[Bomb Sheep 77]

You know that people with Asperger Autism have a physically different brain then normal people and therefore it is uncurable. You can only learn how to deal with it, but you have to live with it for you whole life.

exactly. By saying that I am cured I am saying my behavior is very close to someone who does not have aspergers. I'm dealing with it right now. At least I was better than I was before, when I had no friends and no social life.

[Beany Nug 7]

I am sure many people on these here forums do, myself included 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,444]

*raises hoof* Fellow autistic brony here. Was diagnosed years ago and the moment I actually found that out, it explained soooooooooooooooo much. I was like 'Huh, so THAT is why I do all of these different weird things and have basically had no social life whatsoever.' It was a huge moment of realization. thinking of it over the years, I see it as a positive rather than a negative. Sure, I am limited in life because of it and the other issues I have, but because of it I am me. I struggle with self confidence and an inferiority complex a lot, but I know I do have positives to my personality and I think these different mental disorders are why.

 

That could be a glass half full kind of thing, but I am fine with that.

[CaptainDoubloon 856]

I have it, Aspergers. I was professionally diagnosed with it at the age of 24. Sometimes it feels like a gift and other times it feels like a pain in the ass. I find I get overhelmed easily to the point of wanting to shut down. I'm very sensitive to sound and taste making me a very picky eater. I have my routines that I can't break from or it upsets me. I wear only dark colored clothing because bright colors make my eyes hurt and I feel uncomfortable in certain colors and I never wear clothing with excessive patterns. I've never learned how to drive since I wasn't interested when everyone else was in high school so it was never forced. I find when I'm upset if I put a heavy blanket on me the heavyness is calming and relaxes me. I have special interests in certain things that I can obsess over for several years, then I'll wake up one morning and decide I'm no longer interested in that subject and move on to something else. This can be frustrating to my family when it comes to my birthday or christmas. I try to approach things in a logical manner, however the more upset I get I find I am unable to speak and vocalize my feelings and I tend to flap my hand. Eye contact is hard for me, I feel like it makes my eyes tickle if I have to look directly at someone so I have to look away. I also tend to look down at the floor when I walk.

Edited January 12, 2017 by Sgamer

[Br O N Y Kitty 107]

 

 

I have special interests in certain things that I can obsess over for several years, then I'll wake up one morning and decide I'm no longer interested in that subject and move on to something else.

This is actually something I'am really worried about right now, like I earlier had interest in anime, drawing manga and stuff (I basically was one of these horrible weebs >_<) but fortunaly I dropped that and now I'am interested in chemistry, which is actually something quite useful, so losing my interest in that would be really shit and I hope it never happens. I mean I'am also into this MLP thing, but that's something where I actually hope to lose interest in at some point and move on.

 

*raises hoof* Fellow autistic brony here. Was diagnosed years ago and the moment I actually found that out, it explained soooooooooooooooo much. I was like 'Huh, so THAT is why I do all of these different weird things and have basically had no social life whatsoever.' It was a huge moment of realization. thinking of it over the years, I see it as a positive rather than a negative. Sure, I am limited in life because of it and the other issues I have, but because of it I am me. I struggle with self confidence and an inferiority complex a lot, but I know I do have positives to my personality and I think these different mental disorders are why.

 

That could be a glass half full kind of thing, but I am fine with that.

I kinda waited for you comment, because I already read through your profile ^-^ 

Anyway, unlike you, I didn't put that on my profile because I honestly don't really see it as a positive thing, I mean sure, it has a few positive aspect, and there are way worse mental disorders, but overall, I still would get rid of my autism if that would be possible.

[Anneal 2,197]

I got diagnosed with Aspergers at 8 (if you want to get diagnosed find a psychologist, don't self-diagnose), and when I was younger Indid have issues socializing with others. Thanks to speech classes I got in junior high and high school, though, I rarely have problems during communication and I have a fair social life, though I sometimes break eye contact and have difficulty finding things. Other than that most people can't tell I have Aspergers unless I tell them.