People seem to take it different ways. Some people think it means they're usless, and some people seem to think it makes them better than everybody else. In my 7th grade year a person with ADD and ADHD claimed that those lesser verisions of Autism and Aspergers. This person was shorter than everybody else, takes martial arts, and had no friends in our class, and lied about everything. He broke a fork on my leg, followed me around, hit me, kicked me, punched me. (Because of his size it didn't hurt but was vexing to no end) He thinks he's stronger and smarter than everybody else. But he does horribly in school. I think its important to explain to your autistic/asperger child that it doesn't make them any worse or better than everbody else. You may want to make them feel better but inflating their ego wouldn't help them, it will hurt them. Its like surger, it makes them feel good but sometime they'll realize they're not better than everybody else and they'll see that nobody likes them, and their world will come crashing down. Different is different, not better or worse.
As with any difference you try and explain it. Like you do with those mean people in class. You can deal with the mean person as an idoit and a snob, but not as the A+ popular person.
Just some well intended advice.
As with any difference you try and explain it. Like you do with those mean people in class. You can deal with the mean person as an idoit and a snob, but not as the A+ popular person.
Just some well intended advice.
