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Location: Minneapolis Minnesota
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| anbuend wrote: | I have known a lot of people who thought they had "cured" or "overcome" autism by teaching themselves to socialize.
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Addjustment is possible, but social functioning takes CONSTANT effort. I had to learn that when I get tired my "social face" stops working. You know, all your deeloped signals stop, people start misunderstanding you and interaction goes rigfht down the toilet.
So I do ok as long as I don't overstress, or let myself get too tired.
I wouldn'tsay "cured" but overcoming is possible, there can be levels of social functioning. Better than sitting in a heap and watching the world go by. |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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i didn't mean to offend anyone with what i said, but, my bf would not lose all his personality because he would still be him, just not as 'quirky' as he is now.
I like all the little things about him that are due to his AS but equally i like things that are not directly linked to AS.
When i said a milder form i did indeed mean that he doesn't seem as affected as he could be, again not meaning to offend anyone, he has over the years learnt to 'deal' with some of the things that are problematic to him, such as touch and emotional expression, and neither him or I are 'ashamed' in any way about the fact that he has Aspergers.
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