On The Aspie Side Of Normal

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Hey, look! The internet says I have Aspberger’s:



Of course, the internet also assures me that time is a four-sided cube, that DnD is a Satanic training program, that Jennifer Saunders is going to be the next Doctor on Doctor Who, that all heterosexual sex is rape, and that Moulin Rouge is a good movie,* so I take what the internet says with a grain of salt.

On the other hand, I do know a few people who’d believe it about me. Mom says I do act a little strange.

Wanna know if you have Aspberger’s? Here. Knock yerself out.  Be warned, some of the the questions are a little vague.


*No, really, all of these are real claims I have seen on the internet. Even the last one. Crazy, huh? 

Comments

[enigmania.livejournal.com]

The internet tells me I probably have ADD/ADHD, but not Aspergers. Which probably is somewhat meaningful.

[cwoolard.livejournal.com]

I "...will probably be able to recieve a diagnosis" of Aspberger's.

That's nice. What would be nicer would be an expalnation of just exactly how having that diagnosis would help matters.

Which, I suppose, is a typical Aspie sentiment.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I got. And I'm with you ... okay, so if I got the diagnosis, then what? I'd just have an excuse for being kind of weird, I guess.

I honestly don't believe I've got it; I just think I've got some tendencies on the scale that lean toward it. But the internet Never Lies, you know. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

They just say that because you and I are very logical and meticulous people with a personal understanding of cultural relativism, and those narrow-minded slobs are jealous of us, is what. :D

My therapist didn't agree with the mental hospital therapist's diagnosis that I had Asperger's. He said that my problem wasn't that I didn't understand social conventions, it was that I didn't agree with them.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

YEAH! Perhaps it is THEY who are atypical! :D

I guess that falls into that one question about having views that are "far ahead" of your time. (Which always confuses me, because it suggests that ideologies have a linear progression through time. Some of my "progressive" ideas smack of Ancient Rome, actually.)

Aspberger's is one of those fuzzy diagnoses. I do think there are some genuine cases, but it's become one of those blanket terms for a whole host of things. So I can see how it would get a little complicated to figure out.

[mathsnerd]

Apparently I'm Aspie with OCD and ADD. The last two I'm pretty sure I agree with. Aspie could potentially fit, but there's so much that could be explained otherwise that I just giggle at the whole thing. :)

[karjack.livejournal.com]

I score somewhat Aspie on those tests often, even though socially, in my day to day life, I show few notable Aspie traits. It's just that a lot of my FMS symptoms overlap, and it throws off the data.

But... but that means the Internet is wrong :(

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

We just read "The Speed of Dark" for my Spec Fic/Science Fiction class, and came to the conclusion in the discussion that most of us have either Aspberger's or are mildly autistic.

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

My niece (who is eight) was just diagnosed Asperger's. Everyone in the family except my sister (who is older than me) is certain my sister is also Asperger's. In some ways, it's the trendy diagnosis, but in others it's good to have the resources and knowledge. I know that will make a difference for my niece.

and, of course, diagnosis by internet quiz is totally one hundred percent accurate for sure!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I think you're right on both counts--once the spotlight shines on a condition, people start to see themselves in it. It's just like the psych students who are notorious for coming down with everything they study. ;) But it's also good to get the resources for people who need it.

And of COURSE internet quizzes are completely foolproofily accurate! It's just that my IQ shot up 30 points between taking the quiz on one site and taking the one on another! In three days! The internet NEVER LIES.

[chairman-wow.livejournal.com]

Heh, apparently I am very likely neurotypical. And also good at hunting? What does that even mean?

I am very amused that I scored so high in "social", though. XD At least it thinks I have talent, that's quite nice.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I think "hunting" is a cognitive process--the way you seek out information or something. I'd have to ask Dad.

Or maybe you'd kick ass going after kangaroos with a boomerang if you tried. *shrug*

[chairman-wow.livejournal.com]

I could take those bouncy bastards out from a MILE away, dont'chaknow. And I would know when they expected me to apologise to them in a social context.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

I am borderline ADD, according to the nice psychologist who diagnosed me. I'm also pretty darned sure I have various and sundry of the dyslexia family of learning disabilities.

Which is scant comfort to my husband, who has been trying, with minimal success, to get me to understand the concept of time for 18 years now.

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

I would judge that it is very likely that the person who wrote the test is a homophobe. *g*

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Why's that? I've forgotten the questions already.

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

All the questions about romantic/sexual interests were phrased as "someone of the opposite sex" except for a couple of questions about "deviant" or "unusual" sexual preferences.

Either they -really- need to clarify that, or they're taking preferences for someone of the same sex to be deviant.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

So it's definitely heteronormative, if not outright homophobic, then. I can see "unusual" just on the basis of statistics--you can be unusual without being bad--but "deviant" does have a rather unfortunate ring to it.

I remember the question about having views "ahead" or "behind" the times, and thought it was interesting to see the equation of progress with ideals. But I think that's just ignorance and careless phrasing. Which is probably not something you want on a psych test. ;)

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

The question is also how they're rating those responses. If you're GLBTQ, and you say yes to questions like that, are they automatically flagging those as being non-neurotypical? In which case, they've got a problem. And if they're not flagging those questions that way, what are they doing on that test?

The test is pretty badly written in general, even though it does get at relevant areas. Maybe it's not -quite- as fluffy as the typical meme quiz, but it's not that much better!

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else annoyed at how "fashionable" an Asperger's diagnosis (or, more often, "self-diagnosis") is now?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Yes. That was part of the point of this.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

ohh! Must try this :)

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

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Now, if only I can figure out what it means...