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[Think Pink]

TheApprenticeofKingMickey and I have been talking, and realized a lot of people are quite uninformed about autism, so we decided to construct this thread together.

Autism is a broad disorder, measured on what is called the Spectrum. There are different categories under the name autism itself, such as Asperger's Syndrome and occasionally Rett Syndrome. It can range from children barely affected to children who can hardly, if at all, walk or talk. On the mid- to lighter- side are children with in some ways more challenging problems.

Those children, generally categorized under the undefinated Atypical Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, have more self-damaging practices. They have anger issues, low self-esteem, high intelligence, and some of the world's highest suicide rates. They are socially awkward, and will not instigate conversation. Some of them have difficulty understanding figures of speech, sarcasm, and the like. They are also some of the most honest people. They struggle with lying, and sometimes will feel physical pain from lying. Especially as young children and applied mostly to children with Asperger's Syndrome, they have acute sensory skills. A room may to a normal person be odorless and normal, but an autistic child could be overwhelmed with a horrible smell in the room ordinary people cannot detect. They have remarkable memory skills and unlike normal children, struggle with certain sounds. They don't like things to be loud, or to be in large crowds of people.

Occasionally children diagnosed with autism will have accompanying disorders, such as ADD, ADHD, synthesia, ect. Largely because of the reasons previously listed, autistic children are often bullied, and while may appear intimidating sometimes, are not usually the bullies themselves. They aren't good at whispering, or correctly changing their tone of voice. Childhood fears can sometimes last long into adulthood, such as fear of the dark, wetting the bed, night terrors, and other things that usually only young children suffer from. Their motor skills are far behind their peers. They can struggle for years at riding a bike, tying their shoes--things we consider simple and normal are huge leaps for them. They often feel inclined to quit if they don't immediately succeed.

That being said, austism is not entirely destructive. Some of the greatest minds in the world have been speculated to be autistic. Einstein himself is said to have been born with Asperger's Syndrome. People with autism, so long as they're not on the most severe end of the Spectrum, are generally some of the most intelligent people in the world. They are devoted, and will usually find one thing in life that they are obsessed with for years, and know practically everything about. Personally, one of my brother's obsessions is dinosaurs. He eats dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, watches dinosaur movies, reads dinosaur books, pretends to be a dinosaur, wears dinosaur-themed clothing--the works. The same goes for his brother, who is in love with bugs. Bug movies, bug books, pretends to be a bug. The list goes on and on. It makes them happy and they are benefits to the communities centered around what they love.

Finally, and I cannot stress this point enough, AUTISM CAN BE OVERCOME. I have met autistic people who you would never, in a million years, would you suspect were autistic. They have overcome every single thing. So while there is no "official" cure, they can "cure" themselves. Autism is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MISTAKES IN LIFE.

I hope this helped you all understand a little bit better what autism is all about. If you have anything to add, just comment and I'll put it in.<3

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Autistic children also usually have little things to let out their energy. Sometimes they will flap their arms like they're trying to fly or just find some way to move. They are extremely energetic and need to run and jump and play to get that energy out.

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey]

And if any of you have any questions regarding autism or Asperger's Syndrome, I'd be happy to answer as well.

[Shana09]

please send this to the one who shall not be named.

[Silver Kuroi]

Thank you. Most of this information describes a friend I made back in 8th grade.

His name is Matthew, and most of the symptoms you mentioned describe him. He doesn't really understand sarcasm, and does have some trouble keeping himself quiet. But that doesn't deterr him. He is a brilliant guy, and has a very passionate love for all things realted to Video Games. Even more so than I do. But though most of the other kids used his weaknesses to their own advantage, he still is pretty nice at heart. I probably won't see him again, but it still is nice to see a nice person, how someone can overcome such an obstacle.

[Obi-wan]

My sister you would know if she had ADHD. It's something that really takes time getting used to dealing with when she turns all flipped and starts screaming her lungs out. Goddamn it why does my sister have a High pitched voice!? It's something that I can stand over stand over all having a few friends that also have it. It's funny seeing that people with it I mean one of them that I know can just completely flip at a moments notice but hey these guys often turn out to be my best friends because they don't give a shit about me being fat like I don't give a shit if they have autism. Life is weird but great with these sorta things.

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey]

My sister you would know if she had ADHD. It's something that really takes time getting used to dealing with when she turns all flipped and starts screaming her lungs out. Goddamn it why does my sister have a High pitched voice!? It's something that I can stand over stand over all having a few friends that also have it. It's funny seeing that people with it I mean one of them that I know can just completely flip at a moments notice but hey these guys often turn out to be my best friends because they don't give a shit about me being fat like I don't give a shit if they have autism. Life is weird but great with these sorta things.

Aspies and autistics can be the most sincere people on earth. I give people at school compliments everyday and they're always so surprised because it's so unusual. But they seem to appreciate what I say in the end.

[Obi-wan]

Aspies and autistics can be the most sincere people on earth. I give people at school compliments everyday and they're always so surprised because it's so unusual. But they seem to appreciate what I say in the end.

For a fat girl they are pretty nice. I always seem to make friends with these three types of people. The autism's because most of the time they don't care if i'm fat so I don't care if they have autism. The smaller and the other fat kids and often times i'm standing up for them and i'm not afraid to help them out if a fight was ever seen in front of me. Most of these guys if I saw the fight I would damn well get the other guy for starting it. My mom wouldn't care because i'm helping them out and even if I got suspended she wouldn't care. Someone tried to beat up my smaller sister in my middle school and I went over and pulled them off and I wasn't thinking straight gave them a blackeye but they had broken one of my sisters bones so I say that was okayish even though it wasn't smart on my part..

[Madotsuki]

Finally, and I cannot stress this point enough, AUTISM CAN BE OVERCOME. I have met autistic people who you would never, in a million years, would you suspect were autistic. They have overcome every single thing. So while there is no "official" cure, they can "cure" themselves. Autism is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MISTAKES IN LIFE.

This this this this this. A disability should never be used as an excuse to do whatever you want.

either way, I really love this thread. <3

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey]

This this this this this. A disability should never be used as an excuse to do whatever you want.

either way, I really love this thread. <3

We're going to have an awesome wedding.

[LadyJuse]

As an Aspie; I love that this post was made. People need to learn more about Autism. My parents always knew somthing was odd about me when I was growing up; and once I got tested; I was shown to have Asperger's; I didn't know how to react or live with it. But as I learned more about; the more proud I became to have it. My sister is even going into the study of the brain and mind because of me. She has done several essays and reports about Autism.

I also have a t-shirt that says "I have Autism, and I think you're weird too!"

[Kishira]

Yup, I nodded to several of these while reading it. The only time I see my brothers really become social is whenever we go to conventions, so even though I'm become tired and bored of cons, I still go for their sake. Especially since they're obsessed with video games, they need to let out all that pent up nerd. xD

[Gumi]

Best thread i've seen all day. I think i should get someone i kno from school to read this, he needs it

[Think Pink]

Best thread i've seen all day. I think i should get someone i kno from school to read this, he needs it

I think there are a few unnameable people on here that need to read it too. xDD

[Roxie]

I found out i have Autism

[Nweintraub]

I have autsim.

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey]

I have autsim.

Nweintraub, I want to thank you for reading this thread. It makes me really happy you did.

[Shana09]

I have autsim.

Now you will take responsibility over your actions and not use this as an excuse and overcome it right?

Edited by Shana09, 14 March 2012 - 02:57 PM.

[Amon]

The thing is Aspergers seems to be overly diagnosed these days. There are a few kids that I know who claim to have aspergers but only do so to justify being a douche and claim "the school doesn't accomodate to true geniouses" whenever they fail a test.

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey]

The thing is Aspergers seems to be overly diagnosed these days. There are a few kids that I know who claim to have aspergers but only do so to justify being a douche and claim "the school doesn't accomodate to true geniouses" whenever they fail a test.

I hate it when that happens. Sometimes too much information bombards them at once and they don't like acknowledging they're wrong so they spout the excuse you just said above.

[Amon]

I hate it when that happens. Sometimes too much information bombards them at once and they don't like acknowledging they're wrong so they spout the excuse you just said above.

Sometimes it's not even an excuse. These kids are officially diagnosed with aspergers but it's usually extremely minute or or totally non existant in the first place (misdiagnosis) and these people think they have a disability so no one is allowed to be mean or critical of them.