Do you wish people you know were AS?

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I have tried to analyze my friends to see if they are AS; and then they get annoyed because they think that I am trying to convince them that they might be ret*d. The other time I asked my best friend if he would like to join this forum, and most of the time he would say "I don't have Asperger's Syndrome!" I tried to explain to him that even normal people join the forum and it could be a learning experience, and then he said that he really does'nt have time to waste time on forums. Do you ever wish people you know are AS?

The people in my Gym class actually think I'm ret*d because I'm always in my own world. So maybe if they knew, it would make them less ignorant.

I wish any potential girlfriend were AS.

Tim

sometimes, yes, i would only wish this if they could stand it, my school social worker told me about a kid a few years younger than me who was diagnosed, and he thinks it's like a death sentence or something. My best friend (an NT) joined this place rescently, his name is stech on here, when i convinced him, he did not want to join to learn more about AS, or something, he liked the community it provided to him, he thought it was very friendly... that may not be very revalent, but i thought i would mention it...

I wish most of those that I know were AS, or could just see what it's like long enough to understand. The ones who care about me try, but they seem to have as much of a difficult time understanding me, as I do them. I wish a potential girlfriend was. I'm to afraid that it will go good, and then I melt down,or something, and that would be the end of it.

WOW, That's a GOOD one! I wish ALL potential friends were! That would be GREAT! I could see a LOT of potential there!

Steve

Not particularly. It wouldn't aid a huge amount to understanding I don't think, and you'd get eejits who would use it against you anyway. It's not really necessary where I live in any case.

Tequila,

I don't know. I am trying to accept and see ways of acting like I never did before. It could take years for everything to sink in, but I understand a LOT more than I did. EVEN the self harming behaviour. wouldn't do that if you PAID me, but I now know why others do it for FREE! INCREDIBLE! I always knew my way of thinking and perceiving was different from others, but I never realized WHY! Unfortunately, not even all AS people are going to react in the same way. I now know that. Some DO though! HEY, some is better than none! And I have enough interests that are common enough that I could probably feel at home with most.

Steve

Bloody hell. I've just realised something. I've completely misread the thread title!

I thought it meant "did you wish everyone who knew you knew about your AS". Er, sorry.

I'll re-answer the question, then: I wouldn't want most or even many people I know to have Asperger's because, to be blunt, it's quite nice to get away from people with Asperger's Syndrome. Sorry, but that's the way I feel about it.

I don't know if i would necessarily be friends with a person because they have AS.
There are two ppl i work with well one is gone but the other is still there. One that left was a young guy hardly ever talked to me, but i heard he would talk to some other ppl about his two interests rap music and baseball. The other is an older lady and she has absolutely no expression on her face ever. I say hi and she will walk right by and i never saw her smile. She does this to other ppl as well. People with AS are hard to get to know or become friends with.

Nope. I'm me and they're themselves. I obviously like something about them, or I wouldn't be friends with them. If I like them, then there's no need for me to change them.

I do wish all of humankind would get over this bizarre interest in "clubs" and "bars" though.

I agree!

Uhm....arnt you guys my friends?.....

I do have one friend that has AS and I really like him but there is a 20 year difference and we dont have many common interests and he is a client at the company I work for,so there are some boundary issues.

I think several of my past relationships were with guys with AS or at least a lot of traits(though,none DXed).

I wish I had some AS female friends when I was younger because there seems to be more "tomboys" here then when I was growing up.Would have been nice to talk to girls about something besides "Tigerbeat" and make-up and how cute the "jocks" were.....yawn.

That's a really odd question for me and the reason is:

My best friend (whom I've known for 16 years) is under investigation for AS as we speak
Melissa (another friend) is a diagnosed aspie
Ash is awaiting investigation
Sue is self-diagnosed after reading some of my stuff about AS, and she says it's helped her understand why she does certain things.#

Then there's Ruth , who is just herself and no, I wouldn't want her to have AS, she's lovely as she is!

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