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thats ok your aspieness is Excuse Dhawal

where you all??

Hey there guys...nice to meet some fellow Indian aspies...

I'm from Delhi...my husband is from the Punjab...I've just posted a more lengthy introduction in the getting to know you section.

yeah people really have no clue about Aspergers over here. we need to educate people.

cheers

Hello. Welcome to the India thread!

I read your introduction here - http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp4825721.html

Even though you're from India, I'm having great difficulty following what you've written. It is full of western references that I know nothing about (hulk smash, winging it, tattooed lady, Proff Xavier?). So I'll just talk about the things that I did understand.

You and your husband run a research company in Delhi? That is so interesting. I'm not even able to hold on to a proper job. You wrote that you guys have recently discovered about aspergers, and you're at the initial stage of understanding about autism. Isn't that blissful? To know that you do belong in the same world, and that there is a way to be happy and be yourself? We've all been through this stage, and it is so like having a burden lifted from your shoulders. I wish you guys luck for a better and happier future.

The questions that you've asked, I'll try to reply (whatever I know) in the thread itself.
One more thing, about losing your posts - I always keep saving what I've typed in a notepad file, I'm kind of paranoid that way. Maybe you can try that.

Attentional Shift Theory of Autism Spectrum Condition
http://dinakar-wadhwa.blogspot.in/2012/ ... utism.html
by daspie

Lady-ivy, you mentioned that someone in your autism panel was asking about Indian aspie blogs. Can you show this to them, maybe they'd be interested in it?

Namaste Everyone,

Recently during appraisal my managers asked me why i am not interacting with others, why is there no rappo
I was caught redhanded i blurted out well i have asperger syndrome....so my manager asked are you diagnosed
I said yes..(actually i am not i am self diagnosed)

Can anyone help me out with diagnosis here in india

Maybe you should just explain to your bus that when you said yes in response to the diagnosis question, you simply havent processed the question-response fast enough and that this is part of your Asperger. I just dont think it is safe to put yourself in a situation where you have to get diagnosed within few DAYS or else be caught in a lie.

ya next time she ask me i can say i am self diagnosed
and also i had visited a teacher working with Autism she did the DSM IV criteria but said
that she cannot diagnose me
I should have known that teachers do not diagnose....

I think you should just approach her tell her that, without waiting for her to ask. That way she will see that you are being truthful.

She had organised a mental gym for us the trainer was saying that all sort of disabilities can be healed by doing the set of exercises.
so i guess indirectly she wanted to help me

Is she familiar with professional psychology or is she just subscribing to some Hindu-type belief? According to professional opinion, Asperger cant be cured it can only be improved. Also a professional wont be making such sweeping statements as universal gym for all possible mental conditions. If I were you I would be a bit weary and at least ask your therapist what do they think.

No actually our office psychologist who also counsels students in the NGO had taken this session
She made the entire staff do this set of exercises
http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonpl ... aingym.htm

she said that disabilities can be reduced by doing these exercises
and both the side of the brain gets activated.

Hi this is Vijay,
I'm a self-diagnosed asp.... so either I definitely have it or after reading 3 books on the same, I have convinced myself that I have it. I still have anxiety attacks, thinking of going to a shrink to be professionally diagnosed ! !! In my head, keep imagining that I'll go and tell the doc that "My name is Khan ....... and I'm not a terrorist"

Nice to read through so many people and their inflictions with AS; I feel both happy and sad.
Happy that I can finally be free and realise that I am not alone, in being unable to understand this wretched illogical dishonest world. Sad that now I am not the chosen one (big Matrix fan), my ego had dreamt up me to be.

... I got absorbed in my own self chatter, forgot to mention I'm currently living in Bangalore.

If its of any consolation same thing kinda happened to me too.

I told my team and boss of my AS condition after a nasty outburst. The ignorant chubs at office started to think I was "Taare Zameen Par" and since I am articulate in my language; everyone either thinks I'm a despo/wacko or making a bad joke.

I've now made extra effort to make it seem as a bad joke (my soul is burning and my nose is bigger than Pinocchio) ...

I dont know what they think of me
But since they have been avoiding me from long
so might as well let them continue to think i am weird

you have good sense of humour though

Thks, the sense of humour is due to some good friends and family wit .... along with long list of AS inflicted incidents which now you can only laugh about

Everyone is weird (in a good or bad way) ... the only thing to keep in mind, is that in most workplaces, unfortunately you get rewarded based on team performance. So I may not be the easiest person to work with, but I ensure that I am not at the bottom of the pyramid ..... until I find a job/place where I fit in.

After all "Yeah, Hindustan hain mere Jaan" .... where the official motto is 'Kindly Adjust'