Comments on: Aspie in a fishbowl

By: Alexander

Alexander — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:27:16 +0000

If you don’t mind answering, I’d be curious how such a thing gets diagnosed in an adult. What prompts people to ask a doctor?

By: Daniel Glazman

Daniel Glazman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:10:48 +0000

Mike, wow. Let me tell you one thing: your description of yourself, if you except the two words AS, apply to most of the geeks I know (including myself)… Remember: “be yourself, no matter that they say”.

By: Peter Nemšák

Peter Nemšák — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:13:13 +0000

Respect. You know, I sometimes wish that all people had AS. There’d be less misunderstandings and deceivings among us. Good luck with your goals.

By: David Bolter

David Bolter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:58:10 +0000

What Axel said.

By: EquiisSavant

EquiisSavant — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:34:34 +0000

apologies for the typos — I’m an Autistic savant with synesthesia who sees in pictures, not letters-words.

By: EquiisSavant

EquiisSavant — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:32:06 +0000

Actually, as an adult Autistic savant, I do not feel I should have to conformed my Autie-Savantism to some neurotypical’s psychological problems with needing to feel accepted. To put that burden on me, instead of the neurotypical to conformed to our Aspieness and Autie-savantism is Autism spectrum DISCRIMINATION — Pure & Simple.

I am not being made to feel like a Second-class Citizen made to Kiss some neurotypical’s You-Know-What just to facilitate their psychological co-dependency on feeling accepted.

They need to get a Shrink, an Autism language interpreter, or got to Neurotypical AA for their needy “acceptance”-dependency addictions.

By: Jane Finette

Jane Finette — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:07:46 +0000

Mike – you are a brave and wonderful soul. Thank you for sharing, and keep going!

By: Dan Mosedale

Dan Mosedale — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:15:10 +0000

It takes a lot of guts to post something like this where it will be read widely. Thanks for sharing, Mike.

If more people did this sort of thing, the world would be a better place.

By: Axel Hecht

Axel Hecht — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:30:45 +0000

Respect. ’nuff said.

By: PAw Justice

PAw Justice — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:28:15 +0000

I have AS too, as does my son and I so agree with your request to others to tell you if you say something that hurts or upsets them. I have to deal with misunderstandings all the time, but unforunately, it’s only those who care and love me who are actually honest enough to let me know when I’ve unintentionally said something out of place. Others just don’t seem able to ay – I suppose it goes against social conditioning, but it does make life difficult.