Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
IMO a lot of anti-social people would like to have Asperger's because one of the "symptoms" that sometimes manifests itself is above average intelligence.

It justifies anti-social behavior and at the same time gives them a reason to think that they're better than people who deride them for being anti-social in the first place.

I'm certainly not accusing anyone on EoFF or anywhere else of that, just my opinion.

A key difference between an anti-social person and an Asperger patient is that the Asperger patient actually can't interact with others the same way normal people do because their brain processes information coming from people they interact with differently.
I can see where you're coming from. However, in my case, I was already diagnosed with dyspraxia at an early age. My brain IS different. I have co-ordination problems, I hate crowds, I hold my pen awkwardly, et cetera. I only found out about autism in general, and Asperger's syndrome a few months back. But I was intrigued. I have most of the symptons on the autism Wiki page, but almost all of the symptons on the Asperger's syndrome page.

Furthermore, there's somebody in my college who has Asperger's. I usually talk to him online, but I've talked to him in-person before. He told me once that he always thought I had Asperger's. Who's better in making a judgment than an actual Aspie? When I said I wasn't so sure if I had Asperger's, he said that he was sure I do and, as I mentioned to him my mum said she thought I had it, well, that was convincing enough, apparently. I just wanted to clear up that I'm not using this stuff as an excuse for my life. This is a quest to find out who I really am.

Vincent, Thunder God, I am sorry to generalise. I guess that is my fault. I don't like the idea that I'm the only isolated person in this world, so I suppose that's why I do it. I know there are fairly social Aspies. In fact, I met one. But she was a bitch... I'm not even going to go into that though. I know all Aspies are different.