Aneirin
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ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, by use of the word spectrum it is saying there is a big scale onto which a person may find themselves, the very limits of which are as of yet unknown, but the limits as they are encompass high functioning and low functioning.
With the adult population diagnosis is largely not available, it is more applicable to children at school, their future is considered the priority, which possibly also means adults who also suffer, well they have managed so far, they can get on with it. But with the adult population sometimes for the untrained, typical symptoms are not easily seen, as those who have got to adulthood have taught themselves coping strategies, which may include avoiding situations where they know they have to them, an unfathomable problem, others just bluster on regardless and possibly think the problems that come about is the result of the other people, they have a problem, not themselves, ( I wonder how many people know people like that )
With adults, sometimes diagnosis can come about as a result of other problems which when investigated sometimes have a root in a learning or developmental issue. In the UK, often it is adults who perhaps for a career change or enhancement, go back to college to learn and there find they struggle with the basics, then college funded testing comes about, and thereafter learning support.
In such a way, I received the diagnosis and it came as a relief, a massive relief, for I then knew what it was that caused my past confusions, also a very likely reason for the life long depressive issues, failure to understand, ostracisation and poor social abilities, my coping strategy was also to avoid social situations, I was happier with animals, OAP's and mechanisms than people of my peer group. With the diagnosis came various other interesting information to include a statement that I was highly intelligent having an IQ in the top 30% and a reasoning ability in the top 3% of whatever, but my thought processing speed is way below normal, so I can give a very accurate answer or fix a difficult problem, but if someone wants it quick, they are not going to get it, I move at my own pace, which is not very good for industry, I have been there on that, been fired plenty of times for not moving at the speed an employer wished of me.
So, I have the potential in me to do well in my preferred field of expertise, but, I haven't, why, because though I may possess this wonderful intelligence, I cannot apply it because I don't know how. What could be simple to most, is not to me, the blindingly obvious often totally eludes me and that is the down side of ASD, unless one is caught early and the problems there identified and ironed out, a life of confusion and often depression follows.
I have since found via the learning support that I am an auditory learner, not a visual learner, ah, no wonder I have always struggled with written instruction, hence the reason I failed most of my sodding school exams, I could not understand what was being asked, but when questioned later, I knew the answers, which at that point in time, totally perplexed my teachers and they just assigned lazy and trouble maker to my reports.
If anyone reading this thinks they might have ASD related problems, then I urge you to at least find out, for if the result is positive, it can provide you with a wealth of answers to problems only you know about, why let those niggles in the mind stay, cure them.
< Message edited by Aneirin -- 3/1/2010 1:39:56 PM >
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