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.

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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*

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

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

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

ohh! Must try this :)

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

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