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am i autistic?
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Every single one of us has things that they don't understand, and that nobody can explain to them, however hard they try. For instance, while working on a computer programming course, I couldn't grasp one particular concept that "everyone else" seemed to find a doddle. No matter how they tried, neither my tutor nor my fellow students where ever able to help me understand the problem. I just had a complete mental blank where that concept was concerned.
This example isn't a very good parallel to your situation, but the point I am making is that no matter how smart a person is, there will always be certain things that, to them, will be completely unfathomable. In your case, you say that you don't get the complexity of social interaction. Proper diagnosis and therapy might help you a little, but the likelihood is that there will always be certain things that you will never fully understand - just as I could never make sense of that particular string of binary code.
Which no-one can do for you. There are certain things I don't understand - no amount of someone explaining it will help.
Not everybody does have the right to walk. I'm sure people permanently in wheelchairs would really prefer to be able to walk, but unfortunately, they can't.
Make the best of the bad lot you've got.
By the by, a person can hold the right to do something, even if them receiving it is unlikely.
I'm not saying you can't want treatment, it's just there is none that will make understanding just *happen*
the treatment for ASD's is just not developed enough
There is a difference between opinion and fact. The fact is that people often form bonds to make people close with them. so in that sense, people generally (but not 100% of the time) do earn the trust/respect of others.
Everybody does know the common knowledge, so I can also.
This is no different to people in real life. How people express themselves is relative. You said I was being abrasive, but not everybody is always polite. Not every instance of impoliteness is a symptom of illness or disability.
Some chavs shouted in the street at me earlier, i don't care I don't know them. That doesn't denote autism.
:yes:
I am not being rude when I say this Kira, but:
Please be grateful that unlike a friend of mine who is autistic, you don't have severe learning difficulties. (she can't talk, has to be restrained in public due to behaviour and lives in a care home because her parents can't deal with her behaviour)
Perhaps, but I still want resolution.
As I said before, if there is no hope of recovery, then I will accept. Until then, I want this to be eased. I don't think anybody should be denied that.
to know if I am autistic or not.
It does appear that you are toying with us. We've told you time and time again that we are not qualified to diagnose you and that you should see your doctor. You're just taking this thread around and around.
And even if someone on here is able to diagnose someone with ASDs, there's no way it can be done over the internet.
Well, I think I have autism since:
- I don't get the complexity of human interaction
- I cannot make conversation well
- I find social interaction confusing
But since nobody here is a doctor, then I will make an appointment with the doctor.
Well there is nothing wrong with wanting treatment.
Everything you (in a collective sense) have said to me is the truths of life that everyone knows.
And now you know them too.
(What truths of life have we told you?)
round in.
Exactly.
that everybody has a different understanding and that people are diverse.
And that we should take responsibility for our own lives.
No. But I want clarification so I can see why I find social interaction difficult.