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**WelcomeMe** · 07-09-2008, 12:36 PM

i've never heard of this 'illness' before but it sounds much more like a gift than a mental illness. i don't get why people like to classify things so much for personalities, personal beliefs, and other categories that are damn near impossible to classify. maybe someone with aspergers towards categorizing things is working on this task of classification of everything imaginable haha?

consciousnessdivine, asperger's is definitely a physical, genetic condition, just as real as dyslexia. boys with asperger's commonly are unable to understand facial expression as well as body language. there are real, physical reasons for this in the brain. it is neither made up nor imaginary, just as dyslexia is neither made up or imaginary.

it is possible that some people who believe they have asperger's do not, but even so, this condition is very real and does exist.

i have not yet decided whether i agree with my mother's theory that i might have asperger's.....she only handed the information to me yesterday so i haven't made my mind up yet. however, there are many reasons why i think it could explain a few things. it is not simply a case of feeling different. there are other things which indicate the possibility of having it, such as the way i am with co-ordination and sensory overload.
it is usually easier to diagnose asperger's in a boy than it is for a girl; as i said it shows itself differently due to differences between the sexes.

07-09-2008, 12:36 PM	#11
WelcomeMe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 573 Senior Member	i've never heard of this 'illness' before but it sounds much more like a gift than a mental illness. i don't get why people like to classify things so much for personalities, personal beliefs, and other categories that are damn near impossible to classify. maybe someone with aspergers towards categorizing things is working on this task of classification of everything imaginable haha? consciousnessdivine, asperger's is definitely a physical, genetic condition, just as real as dyslexia. boys with asperger's commonly are unable to understand facial expression as well as body language. there are real, physical reasons for this in the brain. it is neither made up nor imaginary, just as dyslexia is neither made up or imaginary. it is possible that some people who believe they have asperger's do not, but even so, this condition is very real and does exist. i have not yet decided whether i agree with my mother's theory that i might have asperger's.....she only handed the information to me yesterday so i haven't made my mind up yet. however, there are many reasons why i think it could explain a few things. it is not simply a case of feeling different. there are other things which indicate the possibility of having it, such as the way i am with co-ordination and sensory overload. it is usually easier to diagnose asperger's in a boy than it is for a girl; as i said it shows itself differently due to differences between the sexes.
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