Calling electronic nerds on the tin-can!

[Wifezilla]

Outing? Naaa... it just would explain some of the things you said. But if it doesn't fit it doesn't fit. It was just a possible explanation.

Advice like practicing something more or just "go out and meet people" isn't really helpful if you are dealing with an underlying spectrum disorder.

Just wanted to make sure that anything I said would be actually helpful

 

[Blackbird]

Well I can see where you are coming from I suppose. And I have nothing against autistic people (I talk to Abi regularly on YMI might add), at the place I used to work they had a program where the Developmental Achievement Center would come and learn what we were doing and do certain jobs every other day. Great people, my mom's friend's daughter is in the program, very sweet and we talk with her regularly still.

I have enough issues really, having Aspergers or autism thrown in would not help AT ALL.

 

[Blackbird]

MsPony, the city I'm moving to has just under 70k people.

 

[pioneergirl]

I guess my thought is, what does it matter??? Not trying to stir the pot, but as long as we can all hold a somewhat intelligent conversation, who cares???

 

[Wifezilla]

Because, as I said earlier, "Advice like practicing something more or just "go out and meet people" isn't really helpful if you are dealing with an underlying spectrum disorder."

It's like telling a fat person to just "eat less" despite the fact that calorie restriction slows metabolism and causes WEIGHT GAIN unless you go to starvation levels. Then you have all kinds of cellular breakdown which causes MORE issues.

Identifying potential biological issues gives you the correct information to go forward.

 

[xpc]

Alright XPC, I got the MagicJack, so don't be surprised if you receive phone calls from me in the middle of the night now.

If you call I will only say one thing: You are best advised to not say another word on the present topic or these ladies will not only petition the court to have you deemed mentally unfit to care for yourself but will also change your name to African Bird and adopt you as an oppressed soul and passed around from home to home cleaning barns for board.

 

[lupinfarm]

I just thought I'd say something. I have terrible social problems, I'm completely unable to make friends by myself and I am horribly socially awkward but I'm not autistic and there has never been any question as to whether or not I am, no doctors or any of the psychologists I've seen have considered it. I have an anxiety disorder, which is why I'm not social =]

Ah well, Autistic people are just cooler anyway, I went to school with the coolest autistic guy ever. Smartest kid I've ever had the pleasure of knowing but horribly socially awkward, made fun of, called retarded. Not fair, and infact to this day people refer to him as "annoying retarded ben." He was just too smart for the rest of us =P I met him because his mum has cancer and my dad has cancer so our mum's used to talk while they were waiting to pick us up from grade school.

And I already gave Merle and earful (or msn-box full) of information on what I thought about cellphones, I think I've had just about every cellphone and a whole lotta plans and carriers. I used Virgin Mobile (I think Wifey mentioned it?) for years when my dad decided one day to stop paying for my cellphone because I was mean about his taste in music *rolls eyes* and it worked great for me since I was working and could afford to buy the phone cards, now my dad pays for my phone again and I have a blackberry.

And HAHA to living in a town that has a more ethnic population, I'm moving back to the GTA and I lived in a fairly whitebread community before but now I'm moving back to Toronto, east end, its changed a lot since I lived there as a kid but in a good way! My old area is less run down because of the Indian and South Asian families that have moved in =]

 

[lupinfarm]

Alright XPC, I got the MagicJack, so don't be surprised if you receive phone calls from me in the middle of the night now.

If you call I will only say one thing: You are best advised to not say another word on the present topic or these ladies will not only petition the court to have you deemed mentally unfit to care for yourself but will also change your name to African Bird and adopt you as an oppressed soul and passed around from home to home cleaning barns for board.

Hahahaha, i'll hide him away at my house =] it's not like he's that far from the Canadian border anyhow.

 

[Wifezilla]

Autistic people are just cooler anyway

Abi will agree with this one for sure!

 

[pioneergirl]

Because, as I said earlier, "Advice like practicing something more or just "go out and meet people" isn't really helpful if you are dealing with an underlying spectrum disorder."

It's like telling a fat person to just "eat less" despite the fact that calorie restriction slows metabolism and causes WEIGHT GAIN unless you go to starvation levels. Then you have all kinds of cellular breakdown which causes MORE issues.

Identifying potential biological issues gives you the correct information to go forward.

I do agree on that count, you can't just tell people to get over something, or give advice when you're not in their shoes. My DH is overweight, and its more than likely genetic, many relatives are gay, and more and more people tell all of them "Well, go on a diet," or "Its just a phase" or "Stop acting like that"..."Stop eating like that" blah blah blah. I guess I just never looked at some people's social anxieties as an issue, medical or not. I guess my thought was "They are talking to me, socializing with me, whats the problem?" LOL I too came from a very horrible home, I too had, and sometimes still have, social issues. I do not have any diagnosable issue/disorder. People either take me for me or leave me alone. Thats where I was going with it.....for me, BB chats just fine, and seems to be able to socialize with us ok. Yes, we're not in his face, but its a step in the right direction. I guess I just think that society as a whole is too quick to judge. *NOBODY SPECIFIC, SOCIETY AS A WHOLE*