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Like everything hi functioning autism is unique to that person people usually have enough traits to be diagnosed as autistic but not exactly the same as the next person ,if you are a citizen of the UK the Government are trying to declassify mild high functioning autism.People with aspergers are supposed to be on the higher end of the autism spectrum while we are supposed to be intelligent. Why is aspergers even considered a part of autism?
People with aspergers are supposed to be on the higher end of the autism spectrum while we are supposed to be intelligent. Why is aspergers even considered a part of autism?
I guess you haven't got to the stage in life where these really start to matter. And they are going to start to matter a lot more.I live at home, because I'm a full time student, but I don't have long-term friendshps or a romantic relationship.
I don't have melt downs, I do have anxiety and I obsess.I can't answer the last part of your question however...
Asperger's proves to be a disability in many ways. Social skills is a major one which could be broken into many sub categories, (lack of) adaptability, anxiety, melt downs, obsessions can cause lack of focus on important matters at hand in life. I'm sure other members could think of many more items. I am a relatively mild case and don't suffer from the anxiety or obsessions anymore (I outgrew it) that aspergers folks often do, or the need to follow a routine.
We are intelligent typically however when you think about it, how far does intelligence usually get you in today's society? If you apply it right you can use it make an impressive income. Beyond that? We live in an increasingly anti-intellectual society. Obsessed with celebrities, sports, fashion, false political issues. Anything important that matters is given little value it often seems.
Part of it is the narrow definition of "disability" which is very able-bodied/conformist/NT -centric.
Someone is a wheelchair is constantly faced with problems in a building without proper ramps, elevators, and bathrooms. In a building that accommodates their needs in this way (which also accommodates parents with strollers and the elderly with walkers,) they can do whatever their co-worker does when it comes to many jobs.
When we ask for a quieter spot or better lighting, we are "trouble makers" but other workers get special chairs for their carpal tunnel. What is the difference?
How many of us do our jobs well but find ourselves in trouble because we don't find chatting with our co-workers very interesting? Or that we don't see the point in greeting someone we just greeted five minutes ago when we are thinking about a knotty problem we have to solve? I've been shunned in jobs just because I didn't have what my co-workers considered the proper enthusiasm for sporting events. What does any of this have to do with our actual work?
Some bosses regard their workers as their property, somehow, and will grab someone at random to attend a conference or travel to a customer, even though we weren't hired for that. Then we are in trouble if we refuse or things go badly; when we should not have been asked in the first place.
People in the work world are advised not to let on that they have a disability if they can hide it; which means people with hearing or sight or other problems work twice as hard as everyone else.
That's why. We are "disabled." But only because the world only accommodates the ones they want to treat right, and lets the rest of us struggle on our own.
First of all, not all Aspies are intelligent. Asperger's isn't an official diagnosis anymore (at least not under the DSM), but to be diagnosed with it you only had to have an IQ over the threshold for intellectual disability. Secondly, we can be considered disabled in many ways: social interaction and communication, emotional regulation, tolerance of sensory stimuli, etc. There's nothing wrong with having a disability; it doesn't mean you're lesser or that you can't achieve great things.
Why is aspergers even considered a part of autism?
People with aspergers are supposed to be on the higher end of the autism spectrum while we are supposed to be intelligent.
("Average or above average" starts somewhere between 70 and 85, the exact cut-off score depends on the test used and the definitions used by the clinician/researcher.) I suspect that if you looked at the IQ scores of all autistic people (including aspies) as a group, the scores would form a bell curve distribution very similar to that of the non-autistic general population.
Perhaps, but why should it be defined as a disability when many of us are more capable than our NT counterparts?