03-29-2007, 01:10 AM
Hi all,
I don't really know quite where to start, but what do you guys think? I don't know where to start, except I have class in an hour and I need to get off the damn computer. My reaction to this is almost completely unemotional- it simply is what it is. Here's the repost:
"So I just started a program to become an instructor for "borderline" special ed kids, high school aged. These are the sorts of kids who are functional, but flagged to not be able to pass high school for one reason or another. Each case is of course different- some are dyslexic, others are mildly autistic, etc, but most are by no means unintelligent.
I'm currently 27 years old and was diagnosed with ADD (nonhyperactive) about 14 months ago after experiencing pretty severe cognitive difficulties in law school (I left). Personally, I never felt the diagnosis fully encompassed what I experienced as a child and continue to experience, but I never considered something like Asberger's until I began my program. I'm very reluctant to jump to conclusions, but after reading and working with the Aspie kids, I felt I had to research it a bit further. Then I came here.
My results for this quiz?
"Thank you for filling out this questionnaire.
Your Aspie score: 171 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 25 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie"
This is actually not very much of a suprise to me. Some of the questions on the exam I found pretty interesting. I find myself thinking a lot about those small, odd ones describing actions I take as completely normal, but read as really bizarre on their face. Their very presence on an exam for Asberger's suggests there's something strange about them and I... I just really need to think about this for a while.
"Do you feel uncomfortable in fluorescent light?"
Why yes, yes I do. In fact, I notice the way it makes my skin glow orange immediately and I really dislike it. Who wouldn't?
"Are you very gifted in one or more areas?"
I'd say so. I never needed to be taught how to manage a computer database (and did so for five years). They just parked me in front of the computer and I knew what to do. I don't know how to explain it, but I just know how they work. In fact it goes even further than that- I had many bar codes in the grocery store I worked at memorized and could read basic bar codes by themselves just looking at the black and white lines. Don't most people, though? Aren't these things retardedly simple? It's just a simple series of black bars. Yet for some reason I can't draw three dimensional objects or whistle.
"Have you felt different from others for most of your life?"
I used to say that if the world was a steak house, I was a pair of chop sticks.
Sorry, I'm ranting a bit. It seems my therapist needs another phone call."
I don't really know quite where to start, but what do you guys think? I don't know where to start, except I have class in an hour and I need to get off the damn computer. My reaction to this is almost completely unemotional- it simply is what it is. Here's the repost:
"So I just started a program to become an instructor for "borderline" special ed kids, high school aged. These are the sorts of kids who are functional, but flagged to not be able to pass high school for one reason or another. Each case is of course different- some are dyslexic, others are mildly autistic, etc, but most are by no means unintelligent.
I'm currently 27 years old and was diagnosed with ADD (nonhyperactive) about 14 months ago after experiencing pretty severe cognitive difficulties in law school (I left). Personally, I never felt the diagnosis fully encompassed what I experienced as a child and continue to experience, but I never considered something like Asberger's until I began my program. I'm very reluctant to jump to conclusions, but after reading and working with the Aspie kids, I felt I had to research it a bit further. Then I came here.
My results for this quiz?
"Thank you for filling out this questionnaire.
Your Aspie score: 171 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 25 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie"
This is actually not very much of a suprise to me. Some of the questions on the exam I found pretty interesting. I find myself thinking a lot about those small, odd ones describing actions I take as completely normal, but read as really bizarre on their face. Their very presence on an exam for Asberger's suggests there's something strange about them and I... I just really need to think about this for a while.
"Do you feel uncomfortable in fluorescent light?"
Why yes, yes I do. In fact, I notice the way it makes my skin glow orange immediately and I really dislike it. Who wouldn't?
"Are you very gifted in one or more areas?"
I'd say so. I never needed to be taught how to manage a computer database (and did so for five years). They just parked me in front of the computer and I knew what to do. I don't know how to explain it, but I just know how they work. In fact it goes even further than that- I had many bar codes in the grocery store I worked at memorized and could read basic bar codes by themselves just looking at the black and white lines. Don't most people, though? Aren't these things retardedly simple? It's just a simple series of black bars. Yet for some reason I can't draw three dimensional objects or whistle.
"Have you felt different from others for most of your life?"
I used to say that if the world was a steak house, I was a pair of chop sticks.
Sorry, I'm ranting a bit. It seems my therapist needs another phone call."
… but welcome to the forum 
.