Any of you guys have friends with actual autism? Have any stories? I had one stay over in my apartment during the week, it was actually like I was fucking babysitting instead of relaxing with a friend. Slamming doors at 3AM and disobeying simple instructions. Fucking christ, never again.
Is he severely autistic?
I'm autistic and I have 2 autistic friends, we're all mild autist though, sow we can joke about school shootings together
Good times all around
I have high-functioning, so not sure if that counts. My cousin living up-North has a friend whose brother is low-functioning.
>mfw I unironically asked cousin, in the presence of her friend if there was something wrong with her brother, not realizing it was her brother
>mfw cousin's mouth drops open wide and parents pull me over and explain what I have just done
>>26625976
No, Im not even sure he is autistic. He insists he is, though. I think he just needs to stop being such a self absorbed child, he really needs discipline.
>>26625594
>have friends
no
But I have actual autism! That said I'm not like the guy you described, I am for the most part a functioning adult human being, or at least as functioning as a regular /r9k/ poster can be.
Yes but go on, what you described is not a symptom of autism.
>>26626094
He does not sound autistic.
>>26625594
>expecting your friends to "follow simple instructions"
I am more confused every day by what normies call friendship.
>>26626140
OP really did not say much, it just sounds like two assholes having a gay play date
>>26626140
>I am more confused every day by what normies call friendship.
While I can agree with this, I think I can also understand OP. If you had someone over at your house, you might tell them to use this or that bathroom or not to do x or y, etc.
Here are my symptoms:
>walk oddly (fast, bounce, move arms in a marching fashion)
>few interests (history, specifically military history), and basically nothing else
>agitated very easily and overreact (I don't slam doors, but when I can't sleep, I will often find myself banging on the walls and sighing very loudly so that everyone knows I can't sleep
>can't smile (as in, it takes a great deal of effort and looks stupid when I do)
>extremely hard time interacting with people (don't know what to say next), which has led to a great deal of social anxiety
>extremely sensitive to noise and light
>say things that are rude without realizing they are rude
>>26626306
None of that is autism.
>>26626040
>I have high-functioning, so not sure if that counts.
It means you're an autist who naturally asks more to be made fun of.
>>26626345
What is it then?
You have been muted for 2 seconds, because your comment was not original.
>>26626345
Yeah he's just quirky, like you! :)
>>26626428
It is you being slightly immature.
Autistic people do not have social anxiety, it is impossible for them to be self aware in that way, they also would not bang on a wall to let other people know they cant sleep because their brains would not be thinking about the other people.
This is autism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyUtcdigJXI
>>26626503
>autistic people aren't aware of other people
Yeah, that's just not true, it is very common for people with autism to develop social anxiety in adulthood because we have a history of being rejected socially and realize that we are perceived as having something wrong with us.
Plus, your explanation would not explain motor deficiencies I have.
>>26625976
You'll get arrested if you joke about shootings loudly in public senpai.
You are not autistic. Trust me, I have worked with autistic people, and even type with autistic people, I am not typing with an autistic person at the moment and no doctor would diagnose you as being autistic.
It is possible to just be born slow and with mental problems and physical problems but none of that means you have autism.
Autistic people can not think as people in the way you are.
>>26625594
i am suffering from autism and i also have a good friend with the same fate. His autism is a bit more servire, he sometimes did we me up at around 3 am because he had an idea on what he could build in minecraft.
>>26626171
I told him to turn off the radiator when we don't need it, then he went on about how heating is really cheap (even though he's not the one that's fucking paying it), then I turned it off, he turned it back on, I turned it off again. It was like 3AM when I went in the kitchen and he was rooting through my roommates food, I told him to go the fuck to bed and I took my Ps4 controller s he wouldn't stay in the living room. Then he went and got his own one while slamming the doors.
>>26626688
>just be born slow and with mental problems and physical problems
31 on ACT, $3500 in scholarships, have always been in educational gifted program. I'm not retarded. My guess is you are only including low-functioning.
Currently seeking a second opinion, but first psych I saw recommended I see a specialist because he couldn't tell if I had high-functioning autism or Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
>>26626728
*wake
veeeeeeeeeery original comment
>>26626756
That is not autism he is just being an asshole.
>>26626774
I never said you were stupid, I was just saying some people mix it up. I already know you will not be diagnosed with autism or schizotypal disorder, you will be diagnosed with anxiety.
>>26626927
Yeah, I was just thinking that since he was being so inconsiderate that maybe that was autism, but you're probably right. He's been insisting for the past few weeks that he has autism. He really just needs to grow up.
>>26626927
Then how do you explain that the anxiety didn't exist until age 16, while everything else was there since I was a child? And, again, it doesn't explain the motor symptoms.
>>26626345
What? You do realize that autism is quite literally diagnosed through identifying a set of common behaviours and is quite literally called ASD because it is a spectrum? There are no real /objective/ or mandatory criteria for diagnosis. We don't even fully understand what Autism is.
>Extreme Sensitivity to Noise and/or Light
>Agitation and Overreaction to menial things
>Inability to pick up on conversational cues or maintain conversation
>Other notable social impairments
Now these on their own aren't indicative of ASD but they're all criteria that would contribute to a diagnosis in conjunction with other things
My neighbor had assbergers (when I was 12 years old) and it was fine when we did simple stuff like jump on a trampoline, watching a movie or swimming in the pool but other than that it was a disaster the fucking kid could not conform to anything any other games that involves rules he would never listen in fact he would never listen to anything...eventually we stopped being friends, but at least he is not so bad socially now
An autist's social anxiety is entirely based on their black and white perception of what behaviour is factually laid out as "acceptable" or "inappropriate".
They have zero understanding of how different enviroments change the context of behaviours displayed by people, because they don't have the observational and adaptive skills that normal people do.
Their limited cognitive intelligence is what often leads them into the depressive and socially isolated state during their teenagehood, because they stuggle to evalute themselves and own past behaviour in correlation to a social setting that had lead to a negative consequence. A specific negative event is often "traumatic" for an autist to remember back to, because even a very smart autist wouldn't realise that they were probably not on the same page as the situation occuring at the time.
>>26627624
This... actually made me feel.
Am i autism?
>>26627998
Probably not, autismos don't feel.
>>26627998
You're just really empathic that you can even place yourself in the typical autist's shoes...
You're fine m8.
do doctor's misdiagnose autism? Sometimes I feel that I'm not autistic, just a socially anxious loser
>>26628094
Maybe you're both, anon
>>26628094
You probably are a socially anxious loser. I recommend weed to get another perspective. But remember, don't kill yourself.
I'm a diagnosed autist and I know a lot of other diagnosed autists. We're all pretty functional, honestly.
>>26628094
Refer to
>>26627624
Your social anxiety isn't real...
Wow, congratulations, this whole thread is full of doctors, give yourselves a pat on the back for how knowledgeable you are.
>I know an autistic person! your behaviour doesn't align 100% with theirs, that's not autism!
Autism is really just a set of symptoms, it's not that autism is something causing these symptoms, because you can have different reasons for it in each case, for example, you can have cerebral palsy people who have autism because of the cerebral palsy, and you can have it in people who's brain didn't develop correctly. It's not going to be the same in every case.
>>26628271
I'm have aspergers, and can easily say that even so called "high-functioning autists" are barely functional at all.
They all struggle with verbal description and don't even understand simple consequences.
>>26628273
I understand social context though
>>26628282
>It's not going to be the same in every case.
Then why is autism just one condition?
>Autism is really just a set of symptoms,
You just directly contradicted your own statement, retard.
Go back to flapping you hands and hitting your head in frustration you pathetic lump of unwired puss.
>>26628344
Where are you that asperger's is still a diagnosis? My country no longer recognizes it as distinct from High-Functioning Autism.
I'm a pretty okay communicator myself but I also had really good therapy early in life to learn around the autism. My autist friends are all able to either be in school or have jobs but none of us live alone, we all have housemates who help us out as needed.
>>26628407
Give a scenario example, and I'll tell you if you understand the concept or not.
>>26628467
>Then why is autism just one condition?
fucking lol, it's not. It's a spectrum with multiple conditions on it
My older sister is low functioning.
It's shit.
>>26628506
>mfw I wasn't diagnosed until you were 19
>mfw it is too late for therapy to help me
Note the inability of the face to exhibit emotional expression.
>>26626040
How did you know to ask if something was wrong with a person that you didn't recognize when they were standing in front of you?
>>26625976
>>26626040
>>26626096
>>26626728
>>26628271
>>26628344
The above people do not have autism. LITERALLY NO autism
>>26628672
It's probably not too late to learn what you can. A lot of the things I was taught could still probably apply to an adult learner.
Like, life really does get a lot better when you can start to communicate well and when other people can tell you about their emotions. Empathy is wild, it's like a drug to me now. Every time it works when I'm talking to someone about their feelings I get such a rush of emotion.
>>26628766
No, I mean, as in treatment isn't even offered to people my age, it would appear.
>>26628803
That seems odd, and so unfortunate. I still see a psychiatrist who specializes in autism and I'm 24.
>>26628506
It's still a diagnosis in the majority of european contries, including England where I live.
Different to you, I didn't need to have speech therapy because my speech was in normal to above-average ability (which is textbook characteristic of aspergers opposing to high-functioning/classic autism) I was also diagnosed with aspergers at a later age of 7.
I'm happy with the fact there is a distinction between my aspergers to the classic autists which are widely generalized as incompetent. Hopefully you'll oneday also reach the functioning level as the majorital population.
>>26628467
Doctors diagnose autism without the patient meeting the criteria for every symptom is what I meant, and by saying it's a set of symptoms is just acknowledging that doctors don't know much about autism and what is recognized as autism is most likely several different disorders with different causes, but a similar enough outcome to not really bother differentiating them other that the umbrella term; Not everyone diagnosed with autism is going to be the same in their behaviour.
>>26628639
Check the latest DSM, retard.
You're all the same kind of autistic retard.
Hello, the psychologist I saw said I have aspergers then sent me to a speech therapist that said I was a certain case, now I have my final assessment with my parent. I am 24. What can I expect? I am very scared.
>>26628985
I don't think you understand what a spectrum is.
>>26628870
Maybe I just have to look harder then, but everyone I have been able to find specializes in children. Are you outside the US?
>>26625594
I have met people who came off as autistic, some of them have admitted that they were diagnosed with Asperger's.
They tend to repeat themselves a lot, be fixated on certain ideas even when the conversation has moved on, one guy I knew was quite arrogant and had no issue being with being rude to other people. But there is always some underlying behavioral pattern that outs autistic individuals.
>>26625594
I have aspergers, but the only thing that it really affects for me is that I'm somewhat shy.
>>26626306
You're not autistic you're just a freak.
>>26628764
Sorry pal, you're wrong there. Diagnosed with ASD 2 years ago.
>>26625594
>Slamming doors at 3AM and disobeying simple instructions.
You're describing normals at every apartment complex I've lived at
