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I am genuinely curious.. what is it like to be an adult with autism? what is a typical day like, what kind of things can/can't you do? thanks for any help :)

2007-10-24 19:35:36 · 5 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Health Diseases & Conditions Other - Diseases

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I'm fine if I'm alone or with people I have known most of my life. Otherwise, I get nervous that I will do or say something wrong or inappropriate. It's sort of like what Charles Bukowski said: "I like people well enough, just so long as they're not around."

I'm sort of lazy. It takes a lot of will power to get me started.

I'm similar to crazy people in one respect. I tend to be self-important or to overinflate my abilities in my own mind.

I'm an unconstant lover. If you ever fall in love with an autistic, don't expect much in return.

I think my biggest problem is that I can't predict ahead of time how other people will react to me.

Incidentally; "airly 666" is right. Everybody is autistic. I'm just more autistic than normal people.

2007-10-25 06:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by larry L 5 · 1 0

My 6 year old nephew has autism, he's not an adult but he can do just about everything .
He can sometimes get confused with complex directions but then again who doesn't sometimes.
I would say that he absorbs things slower than some but he has skills that i would kill for.
His memory is amazing, he can spot differences in things in tiniest detail and he has the strengh of me, I'm 26.
I should also mention that on the scale he's in the middle.
Between severely autistic and having asperger's. So that's called pervasive developmental disorder.

2007-10-24 19:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by sonia h 2 · 1 0

Sorry i cant answer your question,read thru the answers to see what my son will feel like when he is grown up.He is severely autistic and the most amazing person i ever met.He has no malace,no dishonesty,no deceit and an innocence that melts me.He is his own best friend and is non verbal but i understand him.Given the choice i dont think i could change him.I love every hair on his head and i have come to love his autism because its a huge part of him

2007-10-25 11:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by eve4375 2 · 1 0

i have a nephew with autism. it seems that in many cases
the child appears to be normal and then around age 2 begins not to make eye contact, some don't like to be touched. they may speak or they may choose not to. my sister had quite a time with her son growing up he would run into my house or anyone's for that matter and jump between the sheets.
one time he was in the back seat of her car and took off all his clothes. she was so embarrassed as semis were passing and the drivers were looking into her car. he could play the piano and sing a ton of songs by heart. he did the funniest things i told her she should write a book about all his antics. hes 23 now and has chosen not to speak, however he goes to a school for special children and reads to them all day. no one knows the cause of autism and illinois has the highest percentage of autistic children born. there is one theory and that is the numerous vaccines they give to small children nowadays contained extremely high percentages of mercury. . they dont get the second round of shots until they are 1 to 1 1/2
years old and after that is when the children begin to show signs of autism. mercury is known to cause brain damage
of the irreversible kind. supposedly they have lowered the levels of mercury in the vaccines but i wouldnt let my child have them, until i knew for sure that they are safe. one woman with two boys stricken
with autism ate a can of tuna everyday during both her pregnancies. tuna is now considered a dangerous food loaded with mercury and only to be eaten occasionally.
one thing my sister and i often say to each other is how awful it is not to know what her son is feeling. they have an instrument that is used with autistic children where an adult places their hand over the childs hand and the child spells out their thoughts kind of like a computerized typewriter. it is not fully accepted by the medical community because of the placement of one person's hand over the patients'. and some believe the adult leads the child or autistic adult to write certain things, and then there are others who swear by it. i just finished a book written by the mother of a young autistic girl and they used this machine. her daughter talked about reincarnation and other weird stuff . also the daughter constantly wished to be able to talk like a normal person and expressed this quite often.
whether it really works or is a hoax nobody knows. some autistc people are not as ill as others and can communicate better. i also read about this woman who is autistic and she lectures and has written at least one book about it. i wish i could remember the names of these books, but if you go to the library you can find all sorts of books on the subject. as far as how do autistic people feel,
the little i know is that they are sensitive to loud noises and lots of activity. that even though they have the gift of speech they may choose not to use it. some of them are extremely intelligent, but have a terrible time being intimate. i feel that they may be lonely inside there but again they may be happy. my nephew is a treat to be around. he has his little routines and doesnt like to be interupted. but he loves to sit at the table with my sister and i and listen to us gossip and laugh and he doesnt look at us but sits there and grins while we talk. i know he is aware of what we say. she is the best mother and adores her son. every day she showers him, shaves him, and even gives him a glass of wine at special dinners because she wants him to have the normal things a normal man would have. my niece, his older sister even took him driving out in the country where they live and i guess he did pretty good and appeared to love it. you have awakened my curiosity and i plan on reading some more because i realize after all ive written i really havent told you how an autistic person feels. i hope someday someone will be able to tell us.

2007-10-24 21:11:48 · answer #4 · answered by perfecta 1 · 1 0

there is the classic case and it's symptoms but probably the majority of the human race is autistic in a lesser degree most people beat their heads up against the wall in one way or another . sorry for the bloviating answer but I couldn't resist.

2007-10-24 20:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1 0

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