Echos of Autism - Asperger's Syndrome

[Mega Girl]

so basically we have someone with no knowledge of medicine and no empathy worth mentioning deciding to pass judgement on something they know nothing of. On my planet, that is call stupidity.

There's this kid in my class, who has Aspergers. Not to be harsh but I don't think it's that big of a deal. He always uses it as an excuse because many kids in my class make fun of him. I'll admit I do too but not too much, only when he really pisses me off. He uses it as an excuse as i said earlier, so I always ask him, "if you're able to realize you have this Asperger syndrome, then why do still act out like that?" He always tells me to mind my own business or beeswax or some other stuff like that so I get really confused about how he can know about his problem and not do anything about it. I probably shouldn't even mind his actions because of his disease but it just puzzles me how someone can realize something they have and not be able to do anything about it, or at least try to further improve how they act in public.

This is the whole point of it: you can realize there is something wrong but not be able to correct it. Human understanding and communication has a wide area of non verbal comunication signals atht most people know and can deal with. The main symptom of Aspergers is the incapacity of dealing and understanding these particular things.

There is NOTHING that someone who suffers fom Aspergers can do about their behaviour. They can try to refrain from contact with morons who would rather make fun than be understanding and tolerant, and that is about it.

It is a serious condition. Whether or not some ignorant on a messageboard approves of something people far smarter and more educate dthan he/she/it will ever be is a completely different thing, and utterly irrelevant for people who suffer from it, or who have dear ones who suffer from it.

 

[Dark Knight]

yes go Mega Girl great comeback

 

[LittleAngel]

Perhaps those of you who do not believe Aspergers is real or linked to autism should check out this site. http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=212

My nephew has this syndrome and it can be very difficult for both him and his family. When he was 12 he tried to hang himself at school, he finds it difficult to understand that people love him. He has trouble making friends because he can't understand body-language and often misinterprets what's trying to be brought across to him. He doesn't understand emotion well and finds it hard to fit in anywhere.

Before he was transferred to a new school that understood the needs of an asperger's child, he was often classed as 'disruptive' and 'difficult' as the teachers did not know how to deal with his obsessive ways.

It's a very real syndrome and it is linked with autism.