*diagnosed Aspie* I'm totally willing to answer any questions. Or Sam is very good about this stuff.
The other thing is that AS manifests very differently in males and females. Females with AS do tend to socialise; I subscribe to the theory that this is because societal pressure on females to conform to a certain type is stronger, and so girls are less likely to be allowed to remain aloof from social groups. There is also anecdotal evidence (including my own) that in some circumstances groups of neurotypical girls will "adopt" an AS girl and teach her how to behave in a more neurotypical fashion, which would not generally happen with boys.
I read Women From Another Planet (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Another-Planet-Universe-Autism/dp/1410734315) shortly after I was diagnosed and I kept crying as I read it because I felt like I wasn't inexplicably broken any more, and like I finally had a reason for all of the times when I did the wrong thing without meaning to. I'm not saying you are autistic spectrum, but I know a lot of people who have "tendencies" without actually crossing the point where it might warrant a diagnosis, and it's never any harm to understand a bit more about yourself.
Okay, this interested me. All I ever knew about AS, I learned from TV...which means "people with AS spew obscenities and can't help it". Which I knew was probably not very accurate.
I never knew you dealt with this.
I tried the test.
Your Aspie score: 132 of 200 Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 71 of 200 You are very likely an Aspie Your MBTI type: ISTP
Interesting. I want to explore this.
(According to this comment, the world is all about me. Sorry. :( We can talk about not-me stuff now.)
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2010-02-15 06:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-15 11:04 am (UTC)The other thing is that AS manifests very differently in males and females. Females with AS do tend to socialise; I subscribe to the theory that this is because societal pressure on females to conform to a certain type is stronger, and so girls are less likely to be allowed to remain aloof from social groups. There is also anecdotal evidence (including my own) that in some circumstances groups of neurotypical girls will "adopt" an AS girl and teach her how to behave in a more neurotypical fashion, which would not generally happen with boys.
I read Women From Another Planet (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Another-Planet-Universe-Autism/dp/1410734315) shortly after I was diagnosed and I kept crying as I read it because I felt like I wasn't inexplicably broken any more, and like I finally had a reason for all of the times when I did the wrong thing without meaning to. I'm not saying you are autistic spectrum, but I know a lot of people who have "tendencies" without actually crossing the point where it might warrant a diagnosis, and it's never any harm to understand a bit more about yourself.
(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-15 08:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:Hugs
From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-19 02:09 am (UTC)I never knew you dealt with this.
I tried the test.
Your Aspie score: 132 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 71 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Your MBTI type: ISTP
Interesting. I want to explore this.
(According to this comment, the world is all about me. Sorry. :( We can talk about not-me stuff now.)
(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From: