health Who is autistic?

[SparklingSwirls 21,261]

Not that I know of. Heck I probably do have Asperger's but I've never been formally diagnosed. It just seems like nearly everyone has it somehow  

Edited December 19, 2017 by SparklingSwirls

[Kaneki 1,072]

PDD-NOS. Since the age of 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive_developmental_disorder_not_otherwise_specified

[Here No Longer 5,270]

I wouldn't be surprised, considering I fit Asperger's almost to a tee. 

On 1/4/2017 at 3:30 PM, Nerdy Luigi said:

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!)

That's only the start of it. On my old account, I also posted a blog post about the topic. 

 

Edited January 29, 2018 by Duzzkey
Made the post have actual substance.

[GlitterMoon 225]

I'm diagnosed with mild autism! 

[luftschloss 831]

I recently discovered that I probably have Asperger's. It's mild enough that I managed to evade detection as a young child (  ), but now that I'm older, it's becoming more obvious. It explains so much that used to confuse me.

[MickeyAdaptus 2,209]

I have been diagnosed with Classic Autism.

http://www.autism-community.com/autism-spectrum-disorders/classic-autism/

[Cash In 21,510]

I was diagnosed under the autism spectrum when I was in Grade 5, so I would've been about ten at that time.

[maverickBNA 42]

I was diagnosed on the spectrum 3 years ago, when I was 32, as autism spectrum disorder (previously called Asperger syndrome). I had proper testing and am being seen by an adult autism specialist at the University of Washington. I was administered an IQ test (the KBIT, for those following along at home), and was given a composite IQ of 110.

This explained EVERYTHING about me, all my social skill difficulties, and my restricted interests.

I'm now receiving speech therapy, like I did when I was in elementary school, and it is being very helpful.

MLP speaks to me, as being on the spectrum makes social skills and making/keeping friends very difficult. The show's morals and lessons reinforce ones that I didn't always get when I was younger.

[CandyCorn 427]

I'm autistic, and I was diagnosed when I was about 12. I'm not an aspie though. They didn't really say exactly what it was... they just said I had it. *shrug*

[Ziltoid the Omniscient 286]

Ive never be diagnosed but im pretty sure im a little bit autistic.

[maverickBNA 42]

I know it's unrelated to MLP, but did you know that Sesame Street now also has a character on the autism spectrum? She came out a few years ago.

[Ganondox 899]

On 1/5/2017 at 1:57 PM, Trotteur Sauvage said:

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...

Do you have any clue how offensive what you're are saying is? Autism is not a death sentence. 

[Ganondox 899]

On 1/24/2017 at 5:16 AM, Annie said:

ONLY 2%? On THIS forum? That's VERY generous considering all the people I see here who are incredibly open about their autism.

I'd say at LEAST 20% of the community here is autistic.

Way more than 0.2% of people in the general population are autistic, it's closer to 2%, and even then I think it's more common than that because it's underdiagnosed in girls and minorities. So actually 10x as many sounds about right. 

[SDP40F amtrak 2,442]

I have little bit of autism 

[Ganondox 899]

I have not actually answered the question, I am sorry. I was diagnosed with aspergers when I was 8 years old, but after studying it intensively in order to understand myself I now dissociate myself with disorder, which is why I comment on this subject the way that I do. If I were to self-diagnose myself with anything, it would probably be anything BUT autism. ADHD, OCD, SAD, but not autism. Even after studying it in university it doesn't really feel like a match. I do think I do in fact have it though, based on comparing myself with other people who have it (though I'm not exactly a typical case, there is many people on the spectrum who as alien to me as they are to any neurotypical), the literature on the subject is just really bad and doesn't accurately reflect the mental states of people on the spectrum AT ALL as it was written by neurotypicals for neurotypicals. That's the main reason I have problems with self-diagnosis, the professionals don't know what they are talking about (or when they do know what they are talking about it's a bunch of technical terms that confuse laypeople), but they know are looking for, while someone who is self-diagnosing reads the nonsense they write without seeing themselves like the professionals see them. 

[Midnight Solace 5,129]

Umm... Is Schizophrenia the same as Autism? Or PTSD? Or MDD?

[IsraelYabuki 439]

I've had aspergers since I was seven, according to my mom

[SkyPie 259]

I think I might be a tiny bit autistic, but that's only because my mother thinks so as well.

[The Kaeya Simp 13,953]

I have a little amount of autism, and have been dignosed since I was 2

[Arkadios 91]

I got diagnosed with Asperger's when I was 10. Up until then, my parents (primarily my mother) thought I was lazy and uncooperative.

While it doesn't affect me socially (mostly because I'm not very social), it is quite evident in my schoolwork, which fluctuates between okay and in-the-toilet.

[Kevin Tang 2,422]

My brain is normal I guess, but I feel like sometimes I'm not

[Justin_Case001 4,855]

Yo.  I see it a blessing a curse.  Like Cyclops' powers.  Autism makes it harder to function with other people, but it makes my electronics work better.

[Here No Longer 5,270]

On 12/6/2018 at 3:26 AM, Midnight Solace said:

Umm... Is Schizophrenia the same as Autism? Or PTSD? Or MDD?

No they're very different, in multiple ways. Autism is (primarily) a developmental disorder that people have from birth if not a very young age, Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that begins in adulthood that primarily affects judgment, PTSD is a disorser that develops after a serious traumatic event (makes sense considering PTSD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), and MDD is just simply clinical depression (which, yes, autistic people, like me more than likely, more susceptible to).

[AwesomeRainbow 473]

I have Mild Autsim and i'm very shy and don't talk to other people or make eye contact

[Phasereale 342]

I have autism. My family figured it out I was diagnosed, because I didn't talk until I was 6 years old. It doesn't really affect me that much really at all and it doesn't get in the way of my life. To be honest, im at a high functioning level now a days. I haven't taken any advance classes, because most of the time I was in basic classes like English and Math. I did had one advanced class which is Physical Conditioning. It's a gym class, which is full of non autistic students and it goes the same as Ceramics as well. The good thing is that the students are very nice and respectful at least and I made a lot of friends that way, because im very nice and caring!