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    Friendship Anxiety

    I guess this is a common theme in my life and I'm sure many peoples lives. I often find myself fantasising about my teenage years because back then I didn't know I had Asperger's Syndrome, I thought I was just like everybody else, that we were all the same. I had a bunch of friends that accepted...
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    Friendship Anxiety

    You won't be shocked to hear that I don't have a lot of friends, I have all the typical difficulties in maintaining them that you all probably do, but I do have one, my oldest friend from high school. We used to hang around together when we were teenagers but as the years went on we spent less...
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    Application Forms are a Nightmare

    There is not many jobs available to the average unskilled person but its even harder when the person in question is on the autism spectrum. Even if it is on the mild end of the spectrum. We are pretty much limited to jobs that are flexible with regards working hours and don't require too much...
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    The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

    The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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    Diagnostic Assesment Was Pathetic

    Thanks for all the great comments and advice. I will take some time before I make a final decision on what I will to do going forward. The problem is that I now see myself differently. Before the assessment I was somebody who had discovered the source of why I felt different, the reason why I...
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    Diagnostic Assesment Was Pathetic

    All im saying is that at this point, after my experience today, I think I'd rather live with no diagnosis than a bad diagnosis, thats all.
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    Diagnostic Assesment Was Pathetic

    Yeah you're right he didn't diagnose me either way, but in my own mind I thought the diagnosis was going to be easy. Now I'm worried that I won't be able to handle being told I don't have it. The cliche is "seeing through an Asspy lense" not actually identifying as ASD. Or maybe I don't know...
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    Diagnostic Assesment Was Pathetic

    This whole experience has actually put me of seeking a formal diagnosis. How do people, who can relate to so many ASD traits, but not enough to be diagnosed cope with being told they do not have ASD. I don't think I mentally prepared myself to be told you're technically an NT. I've spend the...
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    Diagnostic Assesment Was Pathetic

    So I just got home from having my diagnostic assessment (NHS Scotland). I have to say my expectations were not particularly high given the fact that I was told that it would only last 90 minutes. The person giving me the assessment asked very basic questions about my childhood nothing that...
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    The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale - Problematic Questions

    Yes, this is how I think there NT writer's of the questions assume we will interpret and answer them. Although clealy aspies don't always think in the most simplistic ways.
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    The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale - Problematic Questions

    I think Fino is right in that I have missed the point of the question by over thinking it. The question is clearly designed to evaluate someone's ability to use their imagination. I got frustrated because these questions are clearly written by an NT for the sole purpose of giving a diagnosis and...
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    The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale - Problematic Questions

    The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale Has anybody taken this test, I have just taken it online and I have to say it wasn't easy to answer the questions, simple as they seem. In fact I found that the questions were poorly formed, were strangley broad and the selection of 4 multiple choice...
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    Comment by 'allan619' in 'Sensory overload'

    Hey, I really enjoyed reading this post, I can relate to it. When I look back at my job history, I have found a direct corolation between how long I lasted in a job and how comfortable the uniform was. The more comfortable the uniform, the longer I lasted. Yet if you were to ask me if I suffered...
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    Weird Stims?

    Yeah when I was younger I used to raise my head and make throat noices, little squeekes. I grew out of it though. Has anybody else ever grown out of a stimm?
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    Undiagnosed - Part Eight

    Special Interests I guess one of the main reasons I have some doubts about having AS is that I don’t seem to have a special interest. I would love to have one actually but I don’t have the attention to stick to any one thing. When I was younger I was really interested in computers, I used to get...
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