I have autism! Do you think I am truly disabled? Ask me anything.

they might want to work on healing the small intestine. some believe that is where the trouble begins. look into probiotics. and even ionic footbaths.

like i said i'm borderline autist or autist and it's difficult to verbalise and interact in a forum for me, i even have anxiety for trying

The both of you a really quite stupid. I'm sorry to call it like that but it's pretty obvious.

Autism or Aspergers are not 'made-up' or just labels. They are real conditions. Research is now showing that their brains our wired differently and they have more densely wired neuropathways.

They are not 'selfish' disorders; they are consumed by sensory input that may make it difficult for them to focus on other things. It also effects their affect, but these are not 'moral choices', but a hard wiring of the brain. We can argue about what causes this wiring or if it is in any way reversable (it is likely not unless caught very early in development < 3 yrs)

CJ you are a precious sweetheart. There is a terrible pervasiveness in our society of labeling people that comes with an emotional stigma that lasts forever.

Autism wasn't considered a disability till we started labeling everything. 50 years ago....they didn't label people like that. They may have been considered a little slow, but certainly not disabled. My dad called them "late bloomers". But they eventually did bloom. I did. I was a late bloomer but caught up full speed later on after a dietary change.

Most autistic people I've met are incredibly artistic.

I have a friend with autism he gets a new car every 4 years top of the range brand new model for that year disability benefits and their is absolutely nothing wrong with him it's ludicrous, The only thing i would say is that he is a little shy that's the only thing you would think was different about him if you met him THAT'S ALL.

Autism is a form of poisoning and autoimmune disease. It is biomedical but we are told to embrace the differences (not that it is a bad thing to embrace but it takes away from the fact people are poisoned).

I cured my son who had ASD with biomedical treatments.

They do seem to be selfish and rude and times, but if they could help it, they would! There is a neurological difference with these people and they don't enjoy being the minority. They DO want to interact with people and be liked.

Why does he receive disability benefits? I don't know one family with high-functioning children that do.

As the person who listed these as "Selfish Disorders"

I did not say that the selfishness is volitional...or intentional. It's simply an observation that folks who suffer with this are EXTREMELY FOCUSED ON THEIR OWN SENSORY INPUT to the point that they have a difficult time being empathatic, or sympathetic with others.

Sorry, I know that pisses you off, but its absolutely demonstratably true.

It's not their fault and I feel for them. I really do.

The reason I feel for them is because I am not overly consumed with building a computer, or physics, or whatever other fucked up topic (Birds, video-games whatever) that aspies and autistics usually are.

Generally in my work and profession I am focused on other's well-being. So I have time and energy enough to be compassionate for them.

Thats why I am not Autistic or Asperger.

Sorry, get pissed if you wish.

In my family there are two of us with autism. One is very severe and the other is mild to moderate. The difference between the two is huge. The fact is that nowadays Autism Spectrum Didorder is such a broad label.

With severe autism there is really no chance to have any normal life. With mild to moderate autism I think there is a very good chance one can lead a productive and normal life if early intervention is taken.

Early intervention would include ABA therapy and GFCF diet. Both can be difficult and expensive to implement but are well worth it.

As for anyone who doesn't believe autism actually exists, I can only say that it's been part of my everyday life for the last 35 years.

Op, you are not dissabled (so Op is full of b.s. applies again)

You're just a different species ^.^

How are you different than anyone else?

I thought I might have mild AS but an online test I took showed I was very normal, at least in the AS sense.

I would love to get some disability though.

God bless you OP!!! I have a Autistic 15 year old son...it's hard. I hope he turns out as good as you did. Pay no attention to the haters, they have no idea what they are talking about!
Peace Brother.

Tell us more about the unbereable enhancement of senses.

It fascinates me and I am sure there is one of the keys to understand the nature of the "autistic" (you name it whatsoever) brain. But the nervous system is not just the brain, albeit lots of processing is done in other pqrts - sensory inwards and motory outwards through the medulla and misdteam, for example, think on the stages information has to pass from the eye until it forms a percept pr an idea in your mind) understood from you there is enhancement overall in the central nervous system (from the medula to the brain.

So if it is just sensory enhancement, it could well be some misfuonctioning at the lel of sensory inout (key structure here is the thalamus, it is like the Gare du Nord of the brain, where (almost) any information from outside the brain has to stop first, and be dispatched (segmented, labeled). It is a jelly mass of serious complexity an there are nucleus which we still know little. If other level cognitive processes are affected while you experiencing these states (because I understood you dont always are in that state of absolute confusion wanting to get out and be alone at home. Wont it be just some sensory enhacement + agorafobia like anxiety), cognitive processes higher than just (sic) sensory werewolf-like enhancement, say; hallucinations, altered consciousness, derrealization and most of all: obsesion or compulsion. Cannot stop thoughts, or being blown by ideas, memories (cyclic or not) rather than just ovrexcited by lights and sounds (other than it is normal to happen that in just every joes normal life on once or many times or life periods). It is also your mind what oesnt let you be sometimes,in the same way sounds and lights and voices and people could blow you out?

I understood you are okay within your mind dialogue and I know you love yourself though but it dazzles me if this is just a problem in the sensory or the more higher level of associative thinking. I would like to know what your bet (you said we could ask you "anything"! :D and real autistics Do take things literally (and you also frequently showed appreciation for puns, which is another asperger like (I dont like labels) trait xD)

An advisor would try to go for whats inadapatative in you (behaviors, thoughts) and whats giving you problems (or make you feel like you have got a problem). It confused me when you said you had benn longing for some real friends for certain yers, when you say you cannot go out of home. Do you fell like, in the ideal conditions, you could meet some one, who is akind to you and you find say, interesting, or funny (I dont thin that funny would be your character teaser) and make friend with him/her even theirs? and hang out? Or do you feel you couldnt bpdo tht, be in that situation?

We can be whtever we want at any moment. It is not just media and prpaganda which carves us into precluded roles and expected range of behaviours, it is also our inner environment (family, friends) and certainlny ourselves, who construct a film, a history and a set of behaviors for which we expect to people to stand by for; but we can do whatever we think at any time, you could get naked now and run out to the street singing dragon ball Z theme kiss a policeman and piss over a cat (never do that last thing or you will pent), though most certainly you wont. But you could. Nevertheless, as you said at page 2 or 3, it is not just psychological (I am sorry for not quoting right, but it was some comment made by S3t3ve) but also brain related.

>>>> tell us more please about those brain related experiences.

P.d: some months ago, I saw a video from a local US tv where there was a +-16 girl who had never almost talked and would always be shaking and moving circularly like highly autistics children do until somebody lend her a laptop, and she learned totype and startto exoress herself and showed there was a strangely nornal conscoius behind those patterns, she expressed she was just overwhelmed by the stimulation, and that she cryed moved herself in order to fight agains that). So it is really an spectral phenomenum. But it is a different type or brain configuration, of the wiring? It is a too differnet brain in nature or everyone have a bit of autism themselves, most of us controlledp at least for the society standard (the pathology is the anornality)

Sorry about these guys I wrote it and I didnt feel like not sending it in, but I know I just diagued and divagued, my apologies

There is no way that kid had autism. HFA and LFA is about as different as calling yourself an amputee because you have lost a little finger and comparing yourself to someone who has lost both legs and arms. Someone on here said they think "autistic people are cool" My thoughts on that were WTF? It is very clear to me that her/his autistic son/daughter most likely isnt autistic at all. There is nothing "cool" about autisum. When you are caring for a LFA, it is hard work, mentally draining and very misunderstood. Why misunderstood? Because of poeple like the majority of posters on this thread. Most of you think autisum is basically someone who is socially ackward with a high IQ, otherwize classed as a HFA.

Really? You have no clue. A forum is ideal for aspies - we have logical minds to a fault, and many of us can create and parse sentences and their structures perfectly. We could easily write a book without a proofreader and send it to the printer.

BUT WE CAN'T DO THE NON-VERBAL!

There's no non-verbal on a forum! Did anyone notice the lack of emoticons on the part of the OP, and the other aspies here, including me?

Ecstasy(MDMA) and similar drugs are the ONLY ones that can help SOME aspies. Trust me on this, or do your own research. Unfortunately, there are few countries where these compounds are legally available. Some help has been obtained from oxytocin and some MAOIs, but these are a poor substitute for MDMA. Consider this as hints for serious researchers.

The facies(spelled correctly) of the OP in the picture are almost diagnostic for aspergers. One glance at the picture and I knew the syndrome I was looking at. I dare say that most counselors/therapists/shrinks with sufficient experience would agree.

I don't care about credit - I just want this information known. I'm aspie and that's fine, but the lack of intimate relationship in my life is sad beyond belief. Perhaps someone will find better answers.

BTW, aspies can be incredibly empathetic. We'll feel it, but normals interacting with us will think we are cold and selfish. Even OTHER ASPIES may think we're cold!

Most normals tend to ignore spoken words, focusing on the tonality and facial/body language. We focus on the words and the words alone, unless we mentally choose to act out whatever body language and tonality we are taught.

The "researcher" that thinks aspies are selfish may sometimes be right, though I assure him that many times he is wrong. I can't speak for left brained autism as I have no personal experience of that.

-MP- is that you???

Yes even thoughts. This is the same reason I told my mother I couldn't sleep since I was 7 years old! The same reason I've told psychiatrists! I can't sleep because there are too many thoughts going through my mind and I just can't relax myself for a moment to get any sleep.

I literally have to just stay awake until my body can't handle it anymore and passes out. I don't take any prescription anymore and haven't for years thank THE LORD!!

In certain situations yes, but my definition of a friend varies from what most people loosely use the word 'friend' for. There is nothing wrong with wanting to know people you can trust, who can help you out, or even just have the tiniest inkling of caring for somebody else.

Somebody said something about it being a selfish disorder and they couldn't be more wrong. Selfish people are selfish, and yeah those people are more likely to be the ones lying about any sort of disability in the first place.

I take things literally like you said and I don't lie to people. I help other people, and most people don't suspect me of have any disability.

In person I get treated like just anybody else, but that requires me to 'act' like everyone. People have certain 'expectations.'

The way I talk bothers people. ( Kind of like the movie 'Idiocracy' ) They think I am belittling them when in reality I am speaking to them as an equal. I believe in true equality as previously stated, but I have never seen it.

People talk about equality a lot these days, but there is no equality.

-mp-?

because the benefits go to him instead of his parents when he turns 18 unless they declare him so disabled that he needs a legal guardian.

Please speak to the money OP!