I have Autism/Asperger's

[JacquelineDeane55]

I am 26 right now and I was diagnosed with it 5 years ago when I was 21.

They say that we autistics are remarkably smarter than the average bear, lol.

 

[Sabertooth]

I am 26 right now and I was diagnosed with it 5 years ago when I was 21.

They say that we autistics are remarkably smarter than the average bear, lol.

We're more focused (which still confers some advantages).

Smartness distribution is still about the same as NTs.

 

[gerbilwoman]

I have PDD-NOS. I am very smart in most areas but I struggled with advanced algebra, pre-calculus and foreign language classes. Other than that I'm really smart, even made the dean's list last semester.

 

[MoeSzyslak]

I almost failed out of high school. Yet I graduated magna cum laude from engineering college. Someone I know once described me as both the smarter person she knows and the dumbest person she knows. You have to find your niche.

 

[MDCSWildcats86]

46/m/Oklahoma.

Diagnosed with Asperger in 2007, but was told I may have had it all my life, just that I did not know it until then.

 

[catzetier]

I am 26 right now and I was diagnosed with it 5 years ago when I was 21.

They say that we autistics are remarkably smarter than the average bear, lol.

What does a bear have to do with anything?

By the way, nice Articuno avatar!

 

[newbie110]

I was diagnosed w/ Aspergers when I was 16. I'm no genius, but I'm smart.

 

[fragilewingz]

hi guys so this thread is probably dead but I noticed most of u were diagnosed late. I hav a bro whose autistic. he was diagnosed @13 and well...I rili need to find help for him. he's 16 now and cant live a normal life at all. pls if anyone cn just share anything- any help they got, therapy or sites id appreciate it. tnx.

 

[Sabertooth]

hi guys so this thread is probably dead but I noticed most of u were diagnosed late. I hav a bro whose autistic. he was diagnosed @13 and well...I rili need to find help for him. he's 16 now and cant live a normal life at all. pls if anyone cn just share anything- any help they got, therapy or sites id appreciate it. tnx.

Since many of us are not from there, it is hard for us to know what services are available to you. Your best bet is to find a local autism advocacy group.

Most Aspies are competent enough to take care of ourselves. More severe forms of autism require more intense intervention in adulthood.

 

[madera23]

Since many of us are not from there, it is hard for us to know what services are available to you. Your best bet is to find a local autism advocacy group.

Most Aspies are competent enough to take care of ourselves. More severe forms of autism require more intense intervention in adulthood.

what do you with the thoughts that you take captive.?
How do you deal with them?

 

[fragilewingz]

Since many of us are not from there, it is hard for us to know what services are available to you. Your best bet is to find a local autism advocacy group.

Most Aspies are competent enough to take care of ourselves. More severe forms of autism require more intense intervention in adulthood.

well he has bipolar and aspergers along with his high functioning autism and lots of ticks in between. nothing wrong with him physically but he is super big from medication....

so heres the thing... services here in papua new guinea- zero, nada, nonexistent

services in the philippines were I come from-a lot but mostly for kids waay below his age


so my eyes r set on australia which is closest to PNG. i've browsed thru some sites but none specifically talk about late intervention for teens... cn u guys share how u've managed to live normal lives? so far all our efforts to help him out have been stumped out by his stubborness... i dont think his case will get any better around people he know he cn manipulate.... pls pm me if u have anything. tnx.

 

[Sabertooth]

what do you with the thoughts that you take captive.?
How do you deal with them?

That has more to do with knowing the Bible and having the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

With that background, anytime that I get a temptation that goes against God, I can pray and ask Him for resolve or wisdom in that matter. He will usually give me an appropriate Scripture, like Jesus did when He was tempted by the devil, in Matthew 4:1-11,

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.

It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.

For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.

Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.

Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

As we are able to do that, we arrest that bad advice, just as the police would apprehend a criminal and take them to jail. God wants us to police our thought-life (with His help, of course).

That is what is meant by,

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2Corinthians 10:5
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