Asperger syndrome
Sad Stories
I have to get this out of the way early, and judging by what I’ve read recently, it might not go over well with some folks. In case you haven’t caught on yet, let me be clear: the stories here are about someone with Asperger syndrome.
Up-to and After the Diagnosis
So, what did I do when I found out I had Asperger syndrome?
First we have to establish what happened before that. In that nebulous area where someone like me looks around the world and wonders, “What is wrong with all these people?!”
The Most Important Part of the Diagnosis Was the Diagnosis
I clearly remember sitting in first grade, among my 100 classmates, thinking, “What Is Wrong With These People?!”
A feeling that I carried and managed—on my own for sixty years.
Analogies and Other Alleged Issues
I find analogies to be very useful in helping to explain something.
Mechanism
I touched on this in an essay entitled It’s What Works for Me.
Since no one could offer me a useful explanation of why I was the way I was.
I created one for myself.
I did this to help me blend here on planet Earth.
The Flip Side
Every time I look at the list of criteria for Asperger syndrome in DSM 4; I want to create an alternate list entitled:
Diagnostic criteria for “Normal Humans”
The Other Day I was Talking to a Doctor…
The other day I was talking to a doctor who casually mentioned “the autism” in reference to me. I volunteered the correction, “I’m not autistic; I have Asperger syndrome.”
Essays added periodically.