"Through Our Eyes: Living with Asperger's" (Documentary)

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  @carolechenowith900 · 1 year ago

  My team lead at Walmart has Asperger's. We stock shelves all night. He handles it so well. He stocks when we are short stockers, assigns areas to people, puts the water on the shelves, he tells the workers what is expected each night at our nightly meeting. He is constantly on the go. He's my favorite team lead. He brings light to an otherwise dark night.

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  @missionpupa · 9 years ago

  I just realized that Aspies go through so much effort for self improvement than most neurotypical people do. They want to be better.

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  @beatsretreat1080 · 1 year ago

  All the people who say, "Where did all thes autistic people come from?" or "Why are there so many being diagnosed now?" a large portion of it is due to those who would formerly have been diagnosed with Asperger's are now given a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, level 1. This is my 6 year old son's diagnosis and he is absolutely brilliant. I think he could be considered savant status, in some topics. He taught himself to read before he turned 2 by looking at books I read to him and also watching television subtitles. He is a math genius, as well. He has the most beautiful mind and soul.

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  @Hawera1000 · 9 years ago

  I can't deal with rude or arrogant people but I will help anyone who is civil and polite. I feel that the rude people are the ones who have the problem, not me. Having Aspergers I get hurt easily and emotionally bruised. It's not what people say to me, it's the way they say it.

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  @andrewlipp1428 · 7 years ago

  I am a black man with Aspergers which is now called Autism 1. I face the ailments of both and have learned from it that, the only problem is acceptance. Not my skin or my culture, not my “diagnosis,” but the acceptance of difference.<br><br>I spend most days surrounded by people yet in solitude. A room full of people doesn’t quench that feeling of being alone. <br><br>Know this, eagles..... don’t flock. Use your alone time to become who you are meant to become in the light of greatness. <br>Use your time to tend your life’s garden, if you use that time right, you can have beautiful growth. I am Andrew David Lipp, I call myself an Aspergian! Haha maybe we are evolution!

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  @Headsign · 7 years ago

  &quot;I thought I was the modern equivalent of the village idiot&quot; touched me very deep because I realized that that&apos;s what it was for so long and that this is why I&apos;m so engaged in getting recognized as someone with Aserger&apos;s. I&apos;m tired of being the village idiot when in fact I just function differently than average people.

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  @steveg8612 · 6 years ago

  Ear plugs and headphones playing your favorite feel good music, this helps this Aspire with PTSD , super sensory overload. &nbsp;Neurotypicals are not necessarily normal, and that&apos;s our biggest issue interacting with them. &nbsp;There is nothing normal about this world, &quot; measuring yourself in comparison to such a profoundly sick society is no measure of mental health.&quot;

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  @thenobleone-3384 · 5 years ago

  Being Introverted doesn&apos;t mean u don&apos;t like people it means u prefer to be alone or have a small group of friends. That&apos;s how it is

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  @MADAPESGUY · 1 year ago

  I’m 33 and just found out I have Asperger’s.. After a lifetime of misdiagnoses, battling depression, anxiety, and addiction, I finally have an answer that actually makes sense. For so long, I thought something was wrong with me. But now, it feels like a weight’s been lifted. All the quirky, intense, “weird” things I do? They’re not flaws. They’re part of how my brain works

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  @ENVTuberCeline · 8 years ago

  Worst thing about life is, Unlike school, Life is all about your likeability, Not your talents.<br><br>In Primary School, Secondary School and College I was the top student. Higher grades than everyone else.<br><br>Though, Since then, I&apos;ve been unable to make a penny. I&apos;ve been unsuccessful, Now Seven years have passed, Nearly Eight, And I&apos;m still trying to find my place. <br><br>The grades have also become obsolete due to the fact that they&apos;re so outdated.

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  @jenniferaluni7234 · 7 years ago

  Never look down on introverted people they&apos;re the best.you&apos;re lucky if one calls you a friend.

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  @harrychurchill6956 · 3 years ago

  I am a 96 year old Aspie who thinks it is wonderful that &nbsp;we now understand and can talk about autism. In the thirties and forties I received an almost daily dose of derision and ridicule. Everyone thought that my odd behavior was my fault and that I should stop it. I could &nbsp; not play baseball or any other team sport like the other kids because of sensory issues. A &nbsp;couple of &quot;experts&quot; were dispatched to &quot;find out what is wrong with this kid&quot;. Their conclusion was that I was just dumb and put me back one grade, which was exactly the wrong thing to do. They only succeeded in making me feel that I was indeed a dumb kid. Then one day a teacher took me aside and said, &nbsp;all the while poking me with her red fingernails for emphasis, &quot; I think you are really bright &quot;. That was the first time in my young life that anyone had said anything good or encouraging to me. No one but l will ever know how beautiful and wonderful &nbsp;those words sounded to me; to this day I still begin to tear up whenever I think about them. The system in those days was that where you sat in the classroom was determined by how well you did with tests. The smartest student sat at the very back and the pupil with the poorest results occupied a front desk. The result of those words from that beautiful woman was that I was to occupy that rear seat for the rest of my public school days and more importantly, in spite of being &quot;different&quot; had a successful life. It is important for adults to realize the power they have to shape the future of children.

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