hi im Chris Wallace( NT ), just introducing myself. i live in newcastle and i knew gareth in middle school and high school, im a budding photographer and i like to get pissed and stoned, generally im a counciler to my friends when their down or drunk or both. i dunno what else to say really so ill end with a quote "shut up or ill puch you" Chris Wallace
Hi, no need to explain that you're an NT, we could have guessed that from your post :wink:
was it the getting pissed or getting stoned or both that made it obvius( bad spelling too early to spell
It was your quote "shut up or I'll puch you"
(I presume you mean punch)
its my worst trate apart from smoking and drinking and taking pictures of people at the worst possible times and (gareth will probley agree) using templates cos im too lazy to start from scatch
You sound like a lovely person... What're your interests in being here?
NT/AS interaction maybe? Or maybe he just got bored (no one to share his birthday with :cry: ).
Welcome to AFF! Prepare to be assimilated...
Anywho, hows it going? We hope you enjoy your stay here. And remember, if you call AS a disorder that needs to be cured, you will have to say goodbye to your manhood.
Well, I'm Meryl. I think I qualify more as "autie" instead of "aspie" because of a speech delay. I sometimes wonder where the dividing line is...
That is an often asked question, though as autism is on a spectrum it seems there are no harsh dividing lines as such, we are each somewhat different. Some think that HFA is the same as AS, that is what I have been told by Doctors in the UK, whereas in the US it seems they do have a real difference in diagnosis.
Chris, welcome to our Autistic realm! Here, you get to be the minority and we the majority. I hope that coming here makes you, as well as your NT friends, more sensitive to the issues and culture of us Autistic folks.
That is an often asked question, though as autism is on a spectrum it seems there are no harsh dividing lines as such, we are each somewhat different. Some think that HFA is the same as AS, that is what I have been told by Doctors in the UK, whereas in the US it seems they do have a real difference in diagnosis.
As I understand it, the only difference (UK) is speech delay which is quickly overcome, and has no relevance after early childhood. The only universal issue in adults is non-verbal communications, but we're all auties anyway, and not all auties have this lack of social skills. It's a different mind set though, so even socially able auties don't see things as NTs do, nor do they share their drives and interests.
I am an aspie, but guess what I did last Saturday evening?
Well I went round to a friend's house, and we got drunk, smoked, and stoned - whilst lighting some fireworks, and watching "Too fast too furious 2".
An aspie can enjoy the same things NTs can 100 %.