"You can't be autistic, you can speak/write/have a job"

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Oh I see. Nope that is just an unhappy coincidence. There is no one in this thread I can think of that I consider questionable.

And you see it's not just my years on WP. But other forums as well and also stuff like Facebook, Reddit, blogs and other various other media outlets. The whole works.

I would not have been diagnosed with Asperger's under the DSM IV--but I have fit, quite well, the profile of Asperger's since about age six-seven.

I regard myself as a person on the Autism Spectrum, not specifically as an Aspie. It's rather like being Independent politically.

I might refer to myself as an Aspie informally, because I fit the profile so well.

It's absolutely true that Americans tend to be monolingual, while Europeans tend to adopt English as their second language, at least.

What I had trouble with, mostly, was speaking in the ACCENT of the language. I also have trouble in the auditory processing of foreign languages. And I have difficulty in the auditory processing of somebody speaking English with a heavy accent.

I did okay, not great, in learning vocabulary and grammar (though, now, I only know some basic words in Spanish and French). I used to get 80's, usually.

I would not expect most aspies past the age of 25 to be diagnosed with Aspergers. And the older they are, the less likely. But to me for autism to be autism, I have trouble seeing someone who has it, skating all the way through their childhood with no kind of examination regarding their behavior. It's like with the majority of adult aspies over the age of 30 they end up in a situation putting 2 and 2 together. Now they understand why they had to talk to that man and answer a bunch of questions. Or why they were put on Ritalin. Or why they were put in special ed etc. Those things were actually a childhood diagnosis of Aspergers, even if it was given some out of use name like "educationally handicapped". Although I actually kinda like that one because it signifies a disability.

I don't think I have ever wondered about anyone with a diagnosis. Just a few who never indicate they had any kind of diagnosis whatsoever. Even a childhood pre-aspergers dx for something like "perceptual problems" etc. They usually tend to do a lot of ranting about NT's and how "we" all should do this that and the other ete about them etc. They usually don't stay around long. Like I said I have been told I don't sound autistic, would have never guessed I was autistic many times (at least on the internet). Which like I said, I take as a positive statement. Some people who have a relative with severe autism, will never accept anyone capable of expressing themselves the way I can as being autistic. I wanted to express my thought process on it with the intention of maybe offering some enlightenment, but instead it seems that I just made people angry and they probably hate me now. So I will not talk about such thoughts in the future.

No, Ezra. They don't hate you. Not at all.

If they did, then these people would have problems which go beyond autism.

You have certain thoughts, and other people have certain thoughts which don't agree with yours.

That's the world, really. Nobody is going to agree with everybody else.

It's good that you have an opinion; it's better than just shutting up. Shutting up means being shut down.

As long as you are respectful in expressing that opinion, it's always cool to express that opinion.

And trust me. It's really really bad for an autistic person to be shut down.

So never let yourself be shut down by anybody.

According to some, I am not Austistic because I am not afraid to tell people that I am Autistic.

The logic behind this eludes me.

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Ya, I'm weird like that...

You didn't say anything wrong Ezra. It was just conversation.