CrazyBoards: Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Greif and Aspergers

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:46:27 +0000

Heyy...

Ok, I'm traveling for work, and one of my colleagues/friends, who incidentally kinda babysitting me lolz, is dealing with some personal stuff.

One of her friends is Asperger's, she (the chick with Asperger's) lost someone recently, like in the last couple of days recently, and I don't know all the details but I know the person who died was young and that the situation is pretty messy.

Basically, I think my friend is feeling fairly helpless. She wants to be there for her friend but we're away for work.

Does anyone have any suggestions for her? She just wants to be able to help.

(I know its a first person site, she doesn't have a log in here and I do, so I'll pass anything along verbatim).

Miss B.

auditory processing problems, anyone?

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:05:25 +0000

does anyone here have auditory processing problems?

its weird. have you ever had a mannerism that you never noticed until someone pointed it out? and you then notice it all the time? thats where i feel like im at. in my ASD testing i was told my auditory processing was wayyyy below my visual processing. and i know im visual. however the difference is insanity. and im not THAT visual.

i know i suck at my job. but i never knew exactly why. yeah its some social issues that come up being im in a very interactive job but that isnt always it.

i cant comprehend verbal instructions and directions. i have to have them repeated several times. ESPECIALLY when there are more than one thing on the list. and when listening to somebody i always say "what?" or "can you repeat that?" because i only hear 1/3 of what was said. and yes, i got my hearing tested, several times. about 3 times this year. my hearing is perfect.

does anyone have trouble with this? i know there area few ASD peeps in the house. and id really like some feedback. and by any chance do you have CAPD? or ever been tested?

The little sayin under the Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:16:21 +0000

Quote

"... but I told you I loved you a year ago. If that had changed I'd have let you know."
"Is that angry? Are you angry? Why are you angry?"
door slams
"Fuck. Why does this keep happening?"

^^^Dam when I read this it sounds just like me an i say this becuz kinda like i did thing like that but it wast a year it was like 3weeks..
An no i dont have anything that would fit any auristic spectrum disorders that i know of

may pdd-nos be seen as nearly a form or a mild form of asperger's?

Wed, 12 May 2010 20:21:35 +0000

i understand that pdd-nos can mean a lot of things. however if someone seems to show a lot of the traits of an aspie, especially lack of empathy, eye contact, social anxiety, odd social behavior/fidgeting, lack of emotion, pedantic speech..but isn't exactly there, would pdd-nos be the appropriate label? or mild as? or high functioning autism? i'm pretty sure the sub categories are going to be subsumed by ASD, but i'm still curious what they would be.

My mom thinks I might have asperger's

Mon, 10 May 2010 15:00:08 +0000

I was evaluated for asperger's a couple years ago, and they said I had traits of it but not enough for a full AS diagnosis. (They said it could be explained by nonverbal learning disorder and sensory integration issues, and the NLD was confirmed by an educational psychologist). However, this evaluation managed to get everything else wrong (they said I had mild anxiety NOS and "adjustment disorder with depressive features"), so my mom's theory is that they could have had their heads stuck far enough up their asses to miss it, because they missed everything else.

I'm definitely not big on diagnosing myself with anything, but I'm thinking maybe that could account for the emotional dysregulation and hardcore social anxiety? Or are people on the spectrum more confident in social situations, they just don't know the "rules".

Gah. I'm probably sounding like a hypochondriac. >_<