Aspergers Syndrome

[Edwardo Piet]

I did have one of my union members with it and he was exceedingly difficult in the workplace.  Hyper sensitive to light, smell, and sound he once designed a cardboard box to fit over his computer terminal so he could block out all other light sources.  He coupled that with a set of heavy duty noise suppressors, like airport workers wear, so he could withdraw into his own little world.  I did think he was super-intelligent but he was so difficult to deal with that his co-workers hated him as much as the management.  His family had an order of protection against him and he was homeless.  He lived in his car in the office parking lot.

Yeah he sounds like he had it about as intense on the spectrum as you can get it. Sounds like he was low functioning in non-intellectual ways.

[ApeNotKillApe]

Was diagnosed as a kid.

Hey you may have a turtley friend who is a fellow aspie soon

We can engage in solitary tasks together.

[Minimalist]

I did have one of my union members with it and he was exceedingly difficult in the workplace.  Hyper sensitive to light, smell, and sound he once designed a cardboard box to fit over his computer terminal so he could block out all other light sources.  He coupled that with a set of heavy duty noise suppressors, like airport workers wear, so he could withdraw into his own little world.  I did think he was super-intelligent but he was so difficult to deal with that his co-workers hated him as much as the management.  His family had an order of protection against him and he was homeless.  He lived in his car in the office parking lot.

Yeah he sounds like he had it about as intense on the spectrum as you can get it. Sounds like he was low functioning in non-intellectual ways.

He once re-wrote the instructions for operating a calculator in a phonetic version of English which he had devised.  He had grammatical and syntax rules for it and everything.  This is why I feel he was highly intelligent but, as you say, socially dysfunctional.  He was arrested multiple times by the police, once I recall, for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk which did not seem to be against any law on the books.  They kept in in jail for a week before the judge threw out the charge.  One time he walked into a pizzeria and told the owner that his pizza sucked.  The owner punched him in the face and the cops arrested him for "disturbing the peace."

[Edwardo Piet]

Hehe. "solitary together"

I'm actually an extremely sociable person, as much as I've isolated myself in RL for the time being until I find someone who doesn't guilt trip me and want me to say "yes" to everything (I attract this kind of thing somehow)--and I've read about how yes extroverted Aspies do exist, hehe. They're just far rarer.

I guess I'm introverted in other ways....... like almost never leaving my fucking home lol. My socialization is online where I can feel safe from people.

I'm socially anxious to please but not socially phobic. I need to be liked more than I need to not be disliked.

Watcha reckon ANKA?

[brewer]

No direct knowledge. No direct interaction that I know of. Only text book. My interaction with ASD's has been with significantly more impaired individuals.

[Iroscato]

My best friend has Aperger's, and he's a great guy who I love to bits. It doesn't make you 'less' or a freak or anything. It's just a part of what you are, a portion of your make-up as a person.

You will still be our beloved Hammy, and you will still be a resplendent motherfucker <3

[account_inactive]

Yeah, I know a bit about it.

[Jackalope]

My best friend has Aperger's, and he's a great guy who I love to bits. It doesn't make you 'less' or a freak or anything. It's just a part of what you are, a portion of your make-up as a person.

You will still be our beloved Hammy, and you will still be a resplendent motherfucker <3

This. You are who you are, not your diagnosis.

[Edwardo Piet]

My best friend has Aperger's, and he's a great guy who I love to bits. It doesn't make you 'less' or a freak or anything. It's just a part of what you are, a portion of your make-up as a person.

You will still be our beloved Hammy, and you will still be a resplendent motherfucker <3

You're an awesome guy too. And I love talking to you.

Hit me up with a Skype message anytime my friend!

[ApeNotKillApe]

Don't sound too different, really, turtle, except for the being sociable. Isolated by habit and by just not really fitting in with most people; I have the same desire to please, sort of a compulsion to keep things in order I think, folk generally regard me just fine but I'm very low in expression, can't connect with most people, not interested in what people usually gab on about. I'm not at all compitant in social situations, not the type you'd invite to a party. Good for small company, talking bullshit over a beer.