Characteristics of Asperger's

Asperger's Disorder is unique. Many individuals with Asperger's have a robust vocabulary. Where kids with Asperger's struggle is with peers. An individual with Asperger's can be very high functioning, but they have a clear social communication impairment.


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[rockfan]

I was diagnosed with Aspergers but I can easily read people’s emotions and I appreciate sarcasm too.

[MrNunesProductions]

I'm laughing while hearing this cause my entire childhood is flashing before my eyes and now I understand why I always felt so different

[casuallavaring]

Asperger’s is when God gives you maxed out stats in intelligence at the expense of social skills

[cjunk]

Why do people care so much about eye contact?

[olivedog]

My nephew has aspergers, be kind everyone. He’s a gift and we love him the way he is. He’s funny, smart and does his own thing.

[Londronable]

Speaking as somebody with aspergers people like me expect logical reaction.

What we get, especially with children our age is that they're not logical. They experience peer pressure, something I never understood. Peer pressure is not a thing for me. If somebody tells me to do something and I don't want to I say no. They pressure me I tell them to fuck off.

This is confusing and personally I tried to stay away from it.

Teenagers especially are emotional wrecks. I wanted nothing to do with those kids.

On the other hand I did go to a psychologist on occasion.

We talked math, space-time, etc. Some life's question. Philosophy, etc. and I loved that.

Everyone agrees that emotional teenagers are assholes on occasion. Why do you expect us to get along with them exactly?

[wobble]

I have Asperger and I found a letter I wrote about all the knowledge I had of space when I was 10 (I studied space for 2 years):
(This is all spelt how I spelt it as a 10 yr old girl)
"Space is a mysterious wonder, most people don't understand that the edges of the world don't egsist simply because space is infinite; however, if people are referring to the earth (like 'the edges of the earth' etc.) the earth is infact a demented oval and cannot have any edges. Most people think that the earth looks just like the one you see on globes, but little did you know, because of the rapid rotations the earth makes, it causes the earth to inherit a rather unusual shape. Furthermore, space is infinitly expanded, scientists still don't have any proper evidence that space is infact a mysterious infinite wonder. Even I struggle trying to find out if space is infinite, their can't just be a void that you cannot go past... earlier in the year, I thought that Maybe, just maybe, space could look a little like a half eaten hamburger, if you know what I mean. As you can see from this text, space IS in fact a

I was shocked when I saw the letter.. this was from when I was 10...

EDIT: This is 2 years later and i completely forgot about this haha.. i’m now 13 and i did write this when i was 10 just trying to sound more grown up by saying that i ‘wrote’ it when i was 10. the half eaten hamburger statement threw me off as i was re-reading this haha and that is smarter than i thought i would’ve been. i obviously know more about space now and it still aches my mind to think that the world is infinite. but now the even bigger mystery to me is space time and it really confuses me, for example, there’s a planet 53 light years away from earth, if we (somehow) teleported there would we be 53 years into the past? or when we look through the telescope would the ‘present’ simply be just the past?
this is the problem that i ran into and i realized its because we measure time by how long it takes OUR earth to completely revolve around OUR star. and it made me wonder if we could use a universal ‘clock’ per say,
that just made me realize that it isn’t the problem of us using OUR earth and OUR sun to measure time, its ‘time’ itself that’s the problem. so if there was something else that we could use to know what’s going on ‘right now’, then that might partially cure our problem. but then the answers just branch off into more questions, harder and harder to answer.

sorry that this comment is so long haha and if you actually have read this far i respect you, thank you for listening to my rant, ~”that 10 year old girl” almost 3 years later

[TheGrayWolf]

I remember when I was little I was taught a different language (because my family is from a different country). My parents sent me off to a summer camp/preschool kind of thing, and they were worried because they thought the counselors there wouldn't be able to understand me because I didn't know English. Then when my parents came to pick me up they asked the counselors if they had a hard time understanding me because I didn't speak English. And counselors were confused because they said I was speaking perfect English, even better than every other 4 or 5 year old or there. My parents were confused too. I had somehow learned English just from hearing other people around me talk and listening to normal TV shows (not kid shows). And to this day I don't have a weird accent in any language. I speak English without an accent and my other language without an accent.

[dwisunaryati]

I'm diagnosed as aspergent also. Yes, I feel like an alien among people.

[erratic-luck]

There's a girl in my class who has aspergers and she doesn't talk to anyone except me and 3 other people and the teachers when she absolutely has to

[eluniverso]

I am 12 and when I was 8 I think they diagnosed me with asperger. But, my mom used a lot of sarcasm, so I can understand sarcasm, and I sometimes use sarcasm too. But I don’t have that many friends, in fact, it’s difficult for me to label someone as a friend, and it’s easier for me to socialize online than in person. Another fact is that I am from Uruguay, and here we speak Spanish, and I learned English at the same time that I learned Spanish. I don’t speak as fluently as my dad, but I’m close to it. Wash your hands (Coronavirus) and take care :)

[darkmatter_yt]

I was diagnosed with Aspergers when I was 3, and now I am 14 and have good eye contact, I can read people’s emotions, and love sarcastic jokes all the time. I also don’t feel different and have lots of friends at school, so I’m questioning this diagnosis.

[emmajackson]

it's Aspergers syndrome not disorder

[sharkwatcher]

I have an asperger and I'm proud of myself.

[BigBishop]

I was born with Asperger's Syndrome myself and I give this video a thumbs up. Very informative!!

[matthewkenslow]

I can relate with just about everything in this video - especially the diction (vocabulary), but also the lonely social bashfulness and "nonliteral language". I was diagnosed with "Asperger's Syndrome" around 2001 about the age of six (now called "ASD"). I never allowed my Autism/Asperger's to have the prerogative to stop me or slow me down: Recently, at age 23, I royalty-published the book, “Juggling the Issues: Living with Asperger's Syndrome, ” that’s being sold in multiple continents and sold out at various book distributors such as Barnes & Noble, and Walmart. I earned a degree in chemistry, juggle for elementary schools, am an Eagle Scout equivalent, and play piano for seniors on Sunday mornings, which are the “positive” aspects to ASD. I encourage children to never give up on their passions; if I can do it, so can you! I still face the “negative” challenges of ASD, and articulate that in my book as well...but I'm not letting that stop me either, as I endeavor to minimize them as much as possible. I'm not in competition with anybody, and I believe when all of us around the world work together, our ultimate goal will be met quicker, and this world will be a better place :)

[TheGothGaming]

aspergers sound like the next step in human evolution, im serious.

[odhranmcsorley]

Diagnosed with aspergers at 8. Now 23, what we we never told is how things like alcohol, medication and illicit substances effect people like me so different than the average norm. Its really interesting and incredible. The human brain is utterly fascinating

[Matthew-uvfq]

I just recently discovered I had aspergers. My parents did everything they could to prevent me from being diagnosed with something but you can’t prevent the truth. I remember visits to the psychiatrist and how when I was about to give a “false” answer, my parents would butt in and make sure that I wouldn’t give an answer that would lead to a diagnosis. I’m glad I realize the toxicity of their fear now m

[BeerLicious]

Perfectly Explained!
I couldn't put it in words well but this how i exactly felt throughout younger time. People like me who got this syndrome may notice how focused we are, our knowledge doesn't get out, we're highly logical & at times without even studying we sometimes know the answer. We're comfortable talking on topics like Science, economics & philosophy a lot & we expect others to be us all the time. We are little socially awkward at times & think differently especially critically. My parents knew I had Aspergers even before before my real diagnosis & they actually felt good about it because of how we use our brain & with time, even i felt good about it. Talking about social aspect of the syndrome yes it hinders your talk ability to a great extent at first but once you get hold of it well by trying to meet people, it lowers as well. As of now I still feel the social awkwardness but the extent has lowered. My friends on the other hand are quite supportive as well.
My Say on people with Aspergers, yes we're different but in a good way. So appreciate the gift you got.