http://humanistic-emergence.gaia.com/blog/2008/5/the_nature_of_the_self_as_a_factor_in_adhd_and_asp ergers

Read it and weep... er get ****ed off... er whatever you want.

The more I read of these sorts of articles, the more I accept my f'in diagnosis and start to get better... the more I doubt, the worse I get becausse Im trying to imitate the mongoloids.

So, what does good old Steve do for kicks? Sorry, Min, the verbal diarrhea got to me and I had to stop reading.

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OK, so this is the same guy who wrote that other article on the Spectrum of Autism or whatever? I'm seeing the same four keywords - comfort, neatness, understanding, freedom, what have you. Again, the essentialism is hurting my brain.

Where does he get off sticking every single individual with ASD into a "mind-oriented" and every single individual with AD/HD into a "body-oriented" category? Has he any idea of the damage that may be done when the existence of mental or verbal hyperactivity is ignored or even denied? I know it's been a major factor in what's kept me from being diagnosed until the age of 27.

And again, has he ever even heard of inattentive ADD?

To conclude, the last time I had "a significant amount of brain tissue sandwiched" among my abdominal organs, it was part of a teratoma and had to be surgically removed.

Next time I'm presented with anything lenghty relating to ASD and AD/HD, I'll run a search for this guy's name. If it pops up, I'll know better than to waste my time and risk being severely annoyed.

Alright, I've just never seen my particular **** described better than this... I dont care what theories and crap he comes up with, but his description of what its like is spot on, and for someone with AS to write that to me is kind of cool.

I've had a really hard day, my meds have petered out and I'm really tired. Which might explain the following.



I just wanted to give this author a good kicking.

He might explain how you feel but it smells more like a male cattle barns midden.



Maybe I should come back later when I'm 'refreshed'. But my gut says I'll be annoyed then too.

Both my brother and I have adhd...bad...textbook...and we live in our minds.

I didn't read the article, because I don't have time, so forgive me if that observation is out of place. But what I'm gathering from the responses is the writer is perpetrating a ridiculous myth that can be nothing but harmful. Sigh.

I managed to only read part of this... Just seemed to ramble on about the same thing, then I switched off.

That article annoyed me, as did the person who wrote it.

Aspies do annoy me, but for **** sake people, isnt the subject matter the least bit interesting! youd be surprised to know when we talk we are the same way.

I don't know, Min, I know Aspies who love video games and prefer to be shown something rather than told something. If someone prefers visual communication, how can we do the experiment?

The article simply has no basis in fact. It confuses learning style with personality and makes assumptions about people with adhd and autism that simply are not true. After reading it I'm sort of left wondering what the point was, as the article rambled a bit with no real destination and the closest thing to a thesis statement was the declaration that adhd and AS were opposites......it sort of grates the nerves with those sweeping generalizations....


ME :D

I have an Aspie who is a video game addict, and will always learn better being shown, with second being left to do it himself.

And there's a big difference between being happy with you just the way you are, and realizing that there are social situations where things just aren't appropriate. The two are hardly mutually exclusive. Everyone wears a mask in some aspect of their life.

Everyone wears a mask in some aspect of their life.

Yes Wendy, we all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.