Explaining Asperger's to an NT

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ASPickle
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15 Jan 2015, 12:12 pm

Indeed I would.

Here you go.

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15 Jan 2015, 12:41 pm

Pretending to be Normal

I think this is a really good video that explains things pretty good.

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15 Jan 2015, 1:49 pm

ASPickle wrote:

Indeed I would.

Here you go.

Thank you

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16 Jan 2015, 12:34 am

Dan Welder does a good job in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-xgdqNtcDI

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16 Jan 2015, 12:51 am

ASPickle wrote:

Here's a snippet of something I wrote to help NTs understand how our brains work. It's received good reviews from NTs I trust. Hopefully it helps...

(High Definition Fiber Tracking image of Temple Grandin's brain versus control brain)

Sounds complex, right?

We are."

WTF

That's RADICALLY different. I don't even know jack about neurology and that blows my mind (no lame pun intended). Why is diagnosis so complicated if you can just brain scan someone? That's sketchy...

edit: So I re-read your whole post. So basically that's why we have sensory issues right? We just process too much bs at once and it screws us over? In hillbilly layman's terms anyway. That's actually quite fascinating. Does Grandin's book "The Autistic Mind" or brain or whatever explain the whole thing? My mom bought the book and read it herself and she's been trying to get me to read it for awhile. I haven't been interested... possible until now. Thanks ASPickle.

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