Can anyone with this come across as normal? With generally normal speaking conversations and they able to notice how people feel?
2007-06-19 07:31:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
First thing I would like to say is 'normal' who defines the definition of 'normal'???? What is 'normal'????
It all depends on the severity. Some people have it and you can not tell that they do. I have taught and looked after several people with it and sometimes although I know they have it, you cant tell. Other times its quite obvious.
All people are different and effected differently by it.
2007-06-19 07:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by 2995 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I have a son with Aspergers and work in a mainstream school with children with many different types of SEN including Aspergers. I have a lot of experience in the area.
To answer your question in the simplist terms a person with Aspergers can come across as being very 'normal'. However, with children this often comes at a price. They spend much of their time at school 'fitting in' they come home and appear to loose it (we call it a meltdown). Why? Well the pressure of 'fitting in' has got them into a highly emotional state and they have to let that out. If you talk to adults with AS (Aspergers Syndrome) they too often struggle through the day trying to 'be normal'.
As for noticing the feelings of others the answer here is usually no. My son has social skills some 5-7 yrs below that of his peers in many cases - including reading facial expressions and body language. Conversations can often appear very one-sided with the person with AS often dominating the conversation and not noticing when the other person has lost interest.
This is a very brief overview and hardly does the subject justice but I hope it helps a bit.
If you need to know more about this very complex issue I would recommend the site below. Its run by parents for parents:
2007-06-19 08:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by phasmid_uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey hey
I have aspergers,
How are you doing? I can't really tell how you are feeling right now, because I can't see your face. SOmetimes I struggle with reading emotions and sarcasm, if not obvious, tends to stump me.
But hey, there are people who struggle with that stuff even without aspergers.
Ya ya, we are perfectly normal (although, personally, I am not quite normal, I have had quite a life-experience).
You may notice that when your wth me, I can become very hooked on one topic for a while. My friends know that when I'm on a tangent, like babies, or (once) makle-breastfeeding, I can be hard to push off the topic. I have obsessions, just like veryone else, I just absorb myself into them sooo much, I can forget to priorities my time right.
so, if you want to know more about aspergers, talk to someone with it. You don't really notice it after a while and just see them as they are.
2007-06-19 23:38:29 · answer #3 · answered by treemeadow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
people with it come across perfectly normal, except would have trouble reading body language + prefer routines more then normal, + slightly having OCD behaviors...
2007-06-21 01:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I married my husband before we realized he had Asperger's. So he must have seemed normal enough for me. :-) It certainly makes communication somewhat tricky, but not impossible.
2007-06-22 17:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by Junie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure we can. For example I have the condition and no one knows about it unless I bring up the subject.
2007-06-19 09:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by Mike M. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋