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Do you perceive yourself as more autistic than the other WP-Members?
yes (considerably) 13%  13%  [ 7 ]
yes (somewhat) 22%  22%  [ 12 ]
never 33%  33%  [ 18 ]
I perceive myself as less autistic 30%  30%  [ 16 ]
I am not autistic 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 54

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06 Jan 2013, 9:14 pm

LittleTigger wrote:
I was diagnosed as Moderate Autism,
so I would say somewhere in the middle,
not more or less.


This.


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06 Jan 2013, 11:41 pm

Considerably more. People here seems to have something they are all good at. And can keep.job.or school. I.actually thought more people would be way dumber like.myself.

Maybe its because my autism is caused my brain damage from lack of air under birth.

Would be nice if there was more people on the worse side.



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07 Jan 2013, 12:16 am

I voted "never" simply because it was the least bad fit. I would have preferred a "I really don't know" answer. Manifestly there are people around who deal with life less well than I do and likewise there seem to be quite a few who deal with life a LOT better than I do. However, I don't think that is any sort of measure of "how autistic" somebody is. I'm certain that had I been diagnosed as a child or at least sooner than age 29 then I would be coping with life a lot better by now but I don't think that would mean I was "less autistic", simply that I had learned ways to circumnavigate some of my problems. I'm not certain it's possible to quantify - as somebody suggested our lives and past experiences are all so different that trying to decide how relatively "autistic" we are compared to each other is probably an exercise in futility.

edit: There are of course exceptions to what I say above; it would be difficult to argue that I am "as autistic" as somebody who has classic autism and requires 24h care. Overall though I stand by what I said.



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07 Jan 2013, 1:12 am

Nope



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07 Jan 2013, 10:52 am

Callista wrote:
I don't think it matters all that much, though. I've learned a good deal from other autistics. Whether they have stronger traits, milder traits, more difficulty, or less, doesn't seem to matter when it comes to having things in common and being able to teach each other. Even people who aren't quite autistic--subclinical or having some related disorder--have a lot in common with autistic people. You can broaden it even further, and learn even more, by connecting with people who have disabilities, people who have unusual cognitive traits, and minorities in general.

Comparing ourselves to others tends to get pretty complicated, because there just isn't any sort of single axis along which everybody can be arranged. With that in mind, it seems like we're better off just creating a sort of database of all the different experiences we have--collect them, and not worry about putting them in any particular order.


I just wanted to say I really liked those two paragraphs in particular.


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07 Jan 2013, 11:17 am

I consider myself less autistic than most people.



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07 Jan 2013, 11:47 am

I haven't really thought about it. I just come here to hang out, be myself and to communicate and support my fellow members.


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