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Greentea
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 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Are you an Aspie or an Autie? |
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When is someone an Aspie and when Autistic?
And what are you? And how do you know?
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Social_Fantom
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I think I'm an aspie, but I am undiagnosed. However, some of my traits have disappeared since I became an adult.
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ImMelody
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| I've been given 50/50 on being an Aspie or not.. Aspie vs Autie is plainly decided on if you spoke before the age of 2.. If you didn't, then you're Autie.. if you did, then you're Aspie. |
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Reodor_Felgen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ImMelody wrote: | | I've been given 50/50 on being an Aspie or not.. Aspie vs Autie is plainly decided on if you spoke before the age of 2.. If you didn't, then you're Autie.. if you did, then you're Aspie. |
I've heard 3 years. Since the only thing that technically separates AS and HFA is the speech delay, it is possible for an autie to be higher-functioning than an aspie.
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roygerdodger
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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I think I'm more of an autie than an aspie.
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Age1600
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I'm an autie
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skeeterhawk
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I really don't believe there is a dividing line. I hear of people with speech delay who later turn out to have less pronounced features. Other folks have little or no delay and then have strong features. Certainly researchers like Atwood and Baron-Cohen, claim that there is no split. It is the autism spectrum after all. Just like there is no dividing line between red and orange, there doesn't seem (to me at least) to be a dividing line between Aspie and Autie.
We should instead be discussing the strength of our particular features and how well we use them or overcome their drawbacks. |
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Followthereaper90
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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aspie dx at age of 13 
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AGMorehouse
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Aspie- undiagnosed
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Sora
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Generally, I know I have a PDD. Certain.
Beyond that... I'm a little bit of everything.
AS features + features of kanner's? Like, 50:50?
Too confusing. Whenever someone posts an in-depth different between HFA and AS, I have 50% of both descriptions in everyday life.
PDD-NOS in the US and maybe in the UK. Asperger's where I live.
I should change for other spectrum disorder in my profile. I stopped to bother. I wish we had a general 'ASD' option that includes AS.
Actually, I would prefer 'Sora-disorder'. I'd be very happy with that.
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makuranososhi
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In process... I feel that AS fits better with my developmental criteria.
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chocoholic
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't see an option for PDD-NOS, so I voted in between. That's my official diagnosis as I have both autie and aspie traits and don't fit "neatly" into either category. |
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Lone_Wolf
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been a diagnosed aspie since 1998. |
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Danielismyname
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure.
A bit of both, really:
All-encompassing obsession; an "aspie" thing
the rest of the repetitive behaviours; an "autie" thing
Socially passive to aloof; an "autie" thing, but overly formal on the 'net, which is an "aspie" thing
Since I meet...each point of Autistic Disorder from a clinician, albeit with "high-functioning" written next to it; I guess I'm officially "Autistic". There's a big overlap between HFA and AS; the former just [usually] has more things attached, but the symptom severity needn't be more severe in the former compared to the latter. |
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