Comments on: A Different Kind of Asperger’s http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/ the art of biology & the biology of art Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CoachJann http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-20598 CoachJann Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:33:24 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-20598 Actually, the truth DOES set you free...or at least set you off in the right direction! Get a good diagnosis from someone knowledgeable about the differences between AD/HD and Asperger's...AND "normal" (whatever that is). Aside from the relief that you're feeling from reading this article, you'll also find things that will work for you and make your life (lives) easier! I'm an AD/HD coach and, yes, Virginia, there IS a difference between the two! Actually, the truth DOES set you free…or at least set you off in the right direction! Get a good diagnosis from someone knowledgeable about the differences between AD/HD and Asperger’s…AND “normal” (whatever that is). Aside from the relief that you’re feeling from reading this article, you’ll also find things that will work for you and make your life (lives) easier!

I’m an AD/HD coach and, yes, Virginia, there IS a difference between the two!

]]> By: cicada http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-17825 cicada Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:47:15 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-17825 You know, I always wonder if these sorts of diagnoses aren't like astrological predictions - easy to see parts of ourselves in them, easy to dismiss the parts that don't fit. And it's true that bookish, introspective people will inevitably mull over their own shortcomings, making hypotheses even though they lack the objectivity to do so properly. But although I was bookish, I was never antisocial - rather the opposite. So it was an uphill battle to convince me I might have even a tinge of Asperger's. And maybe it isn't Asperger's - what is "Asperger's" anyway, but a nebulous catch-all diagnosis for a particular set of traits. . . Regardless, I think I've got some of what Page has got, and maybe you've got it too. Whatever it is, it's a blessing and a curse, isn't it? You know, I always wonder if these sorts of diagnoses aren’t like astrological predictions – easy to see parts of ourselves in them, easy to dismiss the parts that don’t fit. And it’s true that bookish, introspective people will inevitably mull over their own shortcomings, making hypotheses even though they lack the objectivity to do so properly.

But although I was bookish, I was never antisocial – rather the opposite. So it was an uphill battle to convince me I might have even a tinge of Asperger’s. And maybe it isn’t Asperger’s – what is “Asperger’s” anyway, but a nebulous catch-all diagnosis for a particular set of traits. . .

Regardless, I think I’ve got some of what Page has got, and maybe you’ve got it too. Whatever it is, it’s a blessing and a curse, isn’t it?

]]> By: Hungry Hyaena http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-17821 Hungry Hyaena Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:11:30 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/31/a-different-kind-of-aspergers/#comment-17821 Funny to read your reaction to the piece, Cicada. I annotated Page's article heavily, convinced, like you, that I have Asperger's. Actually, I became convinced of the diagnosis a few years ago, when I first read in detail about the condition. The truth is, though, that I <i>want</i> to have Asperger's. It offers me an "easy out," a quick explanation of my picadillos and social failures. But if I do have it, it's a damned odd variety. More likely I'm an only child who distanced himself from most of his peers and became most comfortable with drawing, fantasy and loneliness. There was, and is, plenty of empathy...probably too damned much. ;) Funny to read your reaction to the piece, Cicada. I annotated Page’s article heavily, convinced, like you, that I have Asperger’s. Actually, I became convinced of the diagnosis a few years ago, when I first read in detail about the condition.

The truth is, though, that I want to have Asperger’s. It offers me an “easy out,” a quick explanation of my picadillos and social failures. But if I do have it, it’s a damned odd variety. More likely I’m an only child who distanced himself from most of his peers and became most comfortable with drawing, fantasy and loneliness. There was, and is, plenty of empathy…probably too damned much. ;)

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