Aspergers syndrome?

Question

How many peaple here, have it? is it common, rare or what i have it and i've earned to cope with it.

Answer 1

i have it but find it makes relationships far too hard though

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is kinda rare. I believe that my ex-husband had it and I am fairly confident that my nephew might.

My ex-husband is very bright. Probably the perfect SAT type. He aced the GRE. He is socially awkward though. Very argumentative. That is a good thing to avoid being if you can help it.

My nephew is also very bright. Reads all the time. Will be a great lawyer. But he has a very hard time as a kid. Too bright and doesn't relate to people his age. Gets over stimulated sometimes. Nerdy.

Point is...
Don't let having Asperger's hold you back It just means that you have a special skill in something that you may not know yet. You are bright and you communicate well, now just focus on learning your weaknesses and compensating for them.

There are worse things...believe me. Good luck...you aren't alone. Generally, autism is 15 in 1000. Aspergers is significantly more rare and might not really be autism if the research is correct.

Good luck...and smile.

Answer 4

I'm Aspergic and I'm 41.

You do develop coping strategies, I agree but you get a lot of grief from people who don't know much about the condisiton and associated disorders ... ADD ... dyspraxia etc.

I work in a residential home and I don't hide my conditions. I was known as a clumsy child, I've since learned that's because of the dyspraxia but I created a coping strategy of doing everything slowly and deliberately. I'm the slowest person at work and it annoys the pants off me (and some of the others). I even write very slowly which makes me very self conscious, it has since school.

You can create routines. I have my getting-ready-for-work routine which ensures that I wash msot days, otherwise I probably will forget, it just won't occur that I need to wash.

I have my must-have-tea routine which ensures that I eat a main meal every day. Otherwise, I would just forget to eat. I have gone two days without food in the past because I was far more interested in what I was doing ... Usually involving writing, typing, the computer etc.

I have my pay-day routine. This ensures that ALL my bills get paid. There are certain payments that must be made on the day I get paid or they'll probably be forgotten about and since one of them is the rent, it's very important that I keep up with this routine.

Then there's the minor routines. Like when I go to the town, I have a route planned before I go and I go to each place I need to go to without meandering or double backing on myself.

When I do my monthly shop. I have to go up and down each isle even if I don't want anything. I can't cut into the next isle halfway down. I can cope with cutting an entire isle out once in a while but once I'm in an isle, I have to travel the full length of it even if I want something that's just in the end I start at. Once I'm out of an isle, it ceases to exist, again, I can't double back for something I've forgotten. If the item is essential and I must have it, it spoils the rest of the shop for me.

Oh, how I agree with the answerer before me. I live alone too and hate anyone visiting. When I moved here, one of my colleagues who lives nearby said she'd come over for a cuppa. I was horrified at the idea. I've never had a relationship (a proper one anyway) and even my sister and brother get annoyed that I don't want to visit them. Once a year for my brother, he lives ten miles away. It's Christmas and then only because he insists and comes to get me. I haven't visited my sister in almost three years. I've never visited my best friend in the ten years she's lived in Peterborough and have no plans to. She understands, she doesn't mind.

I would jump at the chance of a solo manned mission to Mars. Get away from pesky humanity.

Answer 5

Hi, you should find lots of useful information at www.nas.org.uk - thats the National Autistic Society website. They're very good, and they have a helpline too if you want to talk to someone.

There's no doubt about it, having Aspergers (or any ASD) does make life that bit tougher, but if you work hard you can become more aware of your difficulties and get help to work around them. You will also have talents (as a direct result of your ASD) that other people may not, for example, you may be very good at jobs revolving around a strict routine, or you may be very good at keeping things need and tidy.

As someone said earlier, try not to let it hold you back. Get out there and make the most of life and take any support you can get. Good luck x

Answer 6

My son doesn't have aspergers but he is autistic. Not severely but enough for it to affect him socially. He is only 6 and already he is isolated and occasionally picked on by his peers. He is a number genius and a wonderful mild mannered little boy. I still have high expectations for his future like I do my other two children who don't have autism. I personally believe we all have autistic traits, just some people's are exaggerated.

Answer 7

Hi James,
My 14 year old son has Atypical Autism.
It does affect him socially but in all other areas of his life h manages just fine.
It is more common than people think, as someone before quoted 15 in every 1000 ot thereabouts.
Well done for learning how to cope with it.
Perhaps you could email me with any help that you could pass on to my son as he is finding it difficult to cope with!

Best wishes xxx

Answer 8

I have it. It is pretty rare. Only 1 out of 166 people have ANY autism spectrum condition, including Aspergers.

Answer 9

I know a few people with it. My cousin has it. Yo can still be pretty normal with it. I just affects social skills. Good diet and the right help can let you lead a normal life

Answer 10

I also have it,so do not feel bad James, and plus a lot of people seem to claim to have it.