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Battle with kari
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
An Aspie Like me
This is a speech I will deliver later today.
There are brilliant people such as John Nash, Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein who performed outstandingly in math, yet do not perform as well in social situations.
Yet as Albert Einstein said, “The difference between genius and insanity is their level of success.”
It is difficult to define what is normal and abnormal behavior in our society.
In the past people like me were called geeks or nerds but now we are known as aspies or people with Asperger’s syndrome.
Asperger Syndrome (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named after an Austrian physician, Hans Asperger.
Aspergers syndrome had not been diagnosed in North America until the 1980s because Hans Asperger’s paper was not translated to English until the 1970s. Also Asperger Syndrome was only added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Ver. 4 (DSM IV) until 1994.
In 1944 Hans Asperger published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development.
These young boys also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills.
Aspergers syndrome is also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder or PDD.
“Although it has often been considered to be a disorder, it would be better to describe it as a personality style because of the fact that the people who have it tend to be social loners.”
I was diagnosed at 10 years old in 1996.
The signs of Aspergers are:
Difficulty making friends
Difficulty reading or communicating through nonverbal social cues, such as facial expressions. (For example, I cannot glare)
No understanding that others may have thoughts or feelings different from his or her own
Overly sensitive to sounds, tastes, smells, and sights.
The person with AS may prefer soft clothing, certain foods, and be bothered by sounds or lights no one else seems to hear or see.
Obsessive focus on a narrow interest
Awkward motor skills
Inflexibility about routines especially when changes occur spontaneously
Loud, monotonous, or mechanical speech.
This syndrome affect me since I can hear water dripping in the opposite room yet I cannot hear a loud boring lecture from someone beside me.
My selective hearing has really helped me in some tough places.
I get irritated when people come up to talk to me when I am doing something important, (stare at a wall), such as staring at a wall.
I have to constantly repeat myself. Why can’t everyone learn my language?
I sit by myself because no one else cares what ever I do.
I don’t care what anyone else does, so I guess were even.
The main difference between me and other people with the same disorder is that I have a higher tolerance for peoples behaviour. I love talking to everyone, it is my obsessive focus. Let me stay up on stage for another 2 minutes.
When I was 5 years old, my kinder garden teacher called me a very busy boy.
I would spend my time doing everything from making a life size x-wing fighter out of cardboard blocks, to repeatedly drawing Spiderman and Batman.
However, when an emergency car went screaming by, I was the first to go to the window.
These distractions can be a dreadful problem for other people with the same disorder because they become a target of bullying.
I manage to thwart the bullies verbal abuse by, not hearing insults, forgetting everything insulting people say, and being very forgiving.
I refused to be a victim.
It is far better to be true to your gifts then follow someone else into the mud.
For me, I tend to laugh at myself so often, I love the quirkiness of my disorder.
I would rather die, than change my aspie personality.
There are brilliant people such as John Nash, Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein who performed outstandingly in math, yet do not perform as well in social situations.
Yet as Albert Einstein said, “The difference between genius and insanity is their level of success.”
It is difficult to define what is normal and abnormal behavior in our society.
In the past people like me were called geeks or nerds but now we are known as aspies or people with Asperger’s syndrome.
Asperger Syndrome (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named after an Austrian physician, Hans Asperger.
Aspergers syndrome had not been diagnosed in North America until the 1980s because Hans Asperger’s paper was not translated to English until the 1970s. Also Asperger Syndrome was only added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Ver. 4 (DSM IV) until 1994.
In 1944 Hans Asperger published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development.
These young boys also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills.
Aspergers syndrome is also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder or PDD.
“Although it has often been considered to be a disorder, it would be better to describe it as a personality style because of the fact that the people who have it tend to be social loners.”
I was diagnosed at 10 years old in 1996.
The signs of Aspergers are:
Difficulty making friends
Difficulty reading or communicating through nonverbal social cues, such as facial expressions. (For example, I cannot glare)
No understanding that others may have thoughts or feelings different from his or her own
Overly sensitive to sounds, tastes, smells, and sights.
The person with AS may prefer soft clothing, certain foods, and be bothered by sounds or lights no one else seems to hear or see.
Obsessive focus on a narrow interest
Awkward motor skills
Inflexibility about routines especially when changes occur spontaneously
Loud, monotonous, or mechanical speech.
This syndrome affect me since I can hear water dripping in the opposite room yet I cannot hear a loud boring lecture from someone beside me.
My selective hearing has really helped me in some tough places.
I get irritated when people come up to talk to me when I am doing something important, (stare at a wall), such as staring at a wall.
I have to constantly repeat myself. Why can’t everyone learn my language?
I sit by myself because no one else cares what ever I do.
I don’t care what anyone else does, so I guess were even.
The main difference between me and other people with the same disorder is that I have a higher tolerance for peoples behaviour. I love talking to everyone, it is my obsessive focus. Let me stay up on stage for another 2 minutes.
When I was 5 years old, my kinder garden teacher called me a very busy boy.
I would spend my time doing everything from making a life size x-wing fighter out of cardboard blocks, to repeatedly drawing Spiderman and Batman.
However, when an emergency car went screaming by, I was the first to go to the window.
These distractions can be a dreadful problem for other people with the same disorder because they become a target of bullying.
I manage to thwart the bullies verbal abuse by, not hearing insults, forgetting everything insulting people say, and being very forgiving.
I refused to be a victim.
It is far better to be true to your gifts then follow someone else into the mud.
For me, I tend to laugh at myself so often, I love the quirkiness of my disorder.
I would rather die, than change my aspie personality.
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