Newly Diagnosed With Asperger Syndrome

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Oh, dear... no, I don't think there's anything like that, thank goodness. I'm often depressed, or crushed by an overwhelming sense of futility, but it is very good to hear that it doesn't get worse.

Hi, Lexi. Welcome home.

Juha

That's just how it's been; not knowing what it was or how to deal with it. Hopefully now things will get much better in that regard. Thank you.

"Home"? I like that.

Oh, I certainly mean it in a good way. That's the reason I joined this community; to be among the like-minded.

Same here. In fact, someone I met suggested it to me. At first, I was a bit annoyed that someone would suggest I had something "wrong" with me. I didn't even know what Asperger's was. I looked it up, though, and bought the book by Tony Attwood. I couldn't believe what I was reading. When I told my mom she said she always knew there was something different about me, but she just said I was eccentric.

It was, at first, a total stab at my identity, because over the years I've completely embraced who I am, and believed that I was simply made with this mind and this heart. That's still true, of course. But, once that passed I felt kind of liberated, because now I know I have something else to identify with, and people that I can identify with. I have something more to explore now. I've also always had horrible luck with getting and keeping jobs, but now I believe this will change.

Maybe psychologists and psychiatrists think Asperger's Syndrome is a disorder, but I disagree. It's a gift to be proud of. Sure, we might have social problems, but so what? We're generally very intelligent, talented, honest, and we desire soul connections rather than superficial ones. We're amazing people.

We're going to have to form some sort of Dostoevsky fan club on WP. Raskolnikov has to be my favorite character.

Can we do that? Because that would be fantastic and phenomenal and lovely and all sorts of unnecessarily cheerful adjectives.

What is your favorite novel? I am finishing The House of the Dead.

I'm all for it. I really enjoy Crime and Punishment; I haven't yet read the House of the Dead or The Poor/Poor Folk. My ex girlfriend was quite enamoured of Russian literature, and I caught the bug while we dated; however, I've been in grad school and had a crummy job for the last year, so little time to read for pleasure.

welcome here!!

Oh, you go to Hillsdale! I get Imprimis from there.
Your mention of theropods caught my interest. I bet you could name all the swimmers in the movie Ponyo that just came out. I've been trying to figure out the symbolism of the ancient fishes since I saw the movie yesterday.

Tell your mom hi for me. My mom always supported me despite my oddness and loud mouth. I was able to support my son with AS by homeschooling him. He went to state colleges and then digipen and works as a programmer for video game companies. He's worked for AMAZE and 5th Cell which is coming out with Scribblenauts next month. Right now he lives with his brother, a video game artist, in Kirkland, WA.
Biology was always my favorite subject. Even the day we had to dissect a giant garden spider.

Well Lexi, i'm 28 and still undiagnosed, in-the-system as it were so congratulations/commiserations on diagnosis, not sure which applies :/
Still, only been waiting for my appointment for nearly 2 months so thats nothing compared to a guy I know!

But, i'm sure we'll both be fine here but if you want extra advice/support, see what support network you have available, the NAS website (no links allowed for newbies like me i'm afraid) should be good or a google search '<your council> support groups or something to that effect