Aspergers Syndrome

[Rev. Rye]

Anyone here know much about Aspergers Syndrome? It's something I may get diagnosed with soon. I've already been tested by a neuropsych before and I've done a small questionaire and online tests... but no full diagnosis yet but I'll be getting an asssessment and a positive or negative result on a diagnosis in a few weeks time.

So yeah, anyone here know much about it?

I am personally on the Autism spectrum. I'm not sure exactly what you want to know. At this point, all I can tell you is it's more or less a mild version of autism. People can, have, and do live fulfilling lives with it, especially if one finds ways to compensate for societal cues that come naturally for most people, but not for them, people like Daryl Hannah, David Byrne, Gary Numan, Temple Grandin, Susan Boyle, John Elder Robison, Paddy Considine, Daniel Tammett, and the list goes on (and would likely go on further if it was recognised earlier).

Also, I remember an episode of Archer where Lana actually asks Sterling if he may have it, and really treats it like a distinct possibility (this is heavily implied throughout the series, between his uncanny ability to count bullets, even when fired at him, shockingly poor social skills for an ersatz James Bond, monotone voice [admittedly comes with the territory when voiced by H. Jon Benjamin], and storehouse of useless [if sometimes plot-relevant] knowledge). The episode is called "Coyote Lovely" and I wish I could find a link to that scene.