It's Autism Awareness Month.

[nin10mode]

I made a turnbased war strategy game out of Yugioh cards, with campaigns and everything. Also, Tilestepping game anyone? Did it all the time as a kid, sometimes I still do it, except on the sidewalk concrete slabs. As far as anything extraordinary, I loved making maps of fantasy worlds (and still do), old-english style, with mountains and forests and landmarks drawn in and everything. I'd make miniature environments with my friends, too. In 3rd grade, the whole class used to go pick out weeds and plants by the sandbox and make a crater with a forest inside. I tried making a cracked earth type of environment in the snow sometime in gradeschool, and built little forts out of common household materials.

I assure you, I have no mental disorder though, as I don't think imagination has any correlation to whether or not you have one, much like Ven believes.

Didn't do anything for the sake of memorizing though. The things I do memorize from my childhood, I memorize because I liked that particular subject, and I like plenty of subjects. I didn't make a game though, I just reread things because they were interesting.


Uhhm, back on the topic of whether autism should be cured one day, of course it should be by choice. I don't think a doctor should force anyone to be treated if they don't want to.I fully understand that autism plays a part in a person's overall personality. If you're truly comfortable with autism, by all means, keep it.

[lordpat]

My idealistic theory is that who you are is defined by how you live, not how you were born.

Obviously, real life is not like that. If you are born in a poor family, then that will mark your life. If you are born in a disfunctional family, that will mark your life too. But a lot of people underestimate how we, as humans, can change that through hard work. You can be poor, break your ♥♥♥ off, and then be able to get good money for the rest of your life. You can have a disfunctional family, but through emotional and physical effort, you can get through and build a new faimly or fix the disfunctional one.

I was in a conversation with two friends, one of them was autistic. The autisic one said "I am so tired of my autism, I want to cure it. It really bugs me when strangers see me, it always gives me chills". My non-autistic friend replied "But that is who you are! It is good that you accept it!". The first one replied "That is true. Who I am wants to change some stuff of myself I dislike, and I can't see a reason why I should not".

Different people have different views on what they want to change about themselves. Some people say they are fine the way they are and just get by, others want to change pretty badly, and they put effort on doing so. Changing is hard though, regardless if you are autistic or not, it requires lots of efforts and sometimes we are not satisfied on how much we changed. At the end of the day, it is mostly subjective. Some people are proud of their autistic personality, others are not. Some want to stay the way they are, others do not. We should not decide for them, they are people. If a cures exists, then it is a personal choice weather they should take it or not. If they take it, then that is part of their desicion, and therefore part of "who they are" as well. Obviously I am letting aside specific issues like family pressure and such, those are far more complex.

I see autism just like any other personality, just a bit more different to others maybe, but not even that much. Weather it is defined by our genes, a lot of our personalities are also defined by them as well. Some people like their personality, some do not. To me, it is like that. Some autistic people tend to have a hard time adapting to change, other people need change all the time or else they feel their lives are boring, repetitive, trapping and depressing. Having different personalities brings intrest to our lives, due never be afraid of changing if there are some aspects of yourself you trully dislike.

Oh, I have never had a lucid dream I think, I never remember what I dream. I have a huge imagination, and I doubt very much I am autistic. I just have a hard time putting that imagination to the actual paper XD

[darthbrowser]

nin10mode, you misinterpreted my thrid paregraph, I meant to say that by trying to use an analogy which uses something like discrimination as a key point, they unknowingly advocate transhumanism, because that could "clean up" humanity, doing away with petty things like discrimination. Essentially, by pointing out the problem, they indirectly advocate the solution.



As for the discussion of imagination, I have never encountered any research which suggests autism-spectrum conditions result in increased imaginative capacity, though I have done little investigation in the field. I shall look into that further.

I envy you all, for your ability to dream.

[Kimonio]

This might be a personal question for some of you. But anyone with asperger's here- do you have...imaginary games?

Though I am not Asperbic, I exhibit symptoms here and there over the years, and yes, I have had imaginative games here and there. Once, I even gave myself a girlfriend in 6th grade, and talked and dated her after school. I could see her, but no one else could. I would also roleplay that I was fighting demons and monsters outside my house, even going as far as to visually interpret the large weeds outside were moving. Though I am 17, I still do have an avid imagination, and continue with my play, even as a late teenager. I guess I am an active child mentally?

I have had lucid dreams on multiple occasions as well, and can manipulate and edit my dreams every night, should I choose to. I am fully aware that I am sleeping and dreaming, and can wake myself up on will. I have also experienced out-of-body experiences as well, though they are usually against my will, and unexpected. I am, however, practicing and working at being able to perform astral projection successfully.

I can easily go in-depth with my imagination if you will. It usually is a universe on its own, but I can also devise psychological and social theories no one else has come up with before, and can branch into vast topics. I'm also into researching the science of dreams.

[-BY]

I can wake up myself while sleeping at 6am (right before my alarm clock is beeping) for some reason. Works surprisingly exact for years now. (Normally in the intervall of 5:58am - 6:02am). After all this years of challenging my alarm clock I still never figured where it comes from. Works with other times too. But I use it mostly there.
Also made me wonder if I've some inner clock or something.....
Sorry if that sounded awkward to some of you.

[nin10mode]

I have that too, except I wake up at 4am, usually.
For me, it only happens on school days or days where I want to wake up early, so I think my brain functions on its own to keep track of when to wake up or something. I couldn't imagine being lucky for the past 3 years.

[lordpat]

This might be a personal question for some of you. But anyone with asperger's here- do you have...imaginary games?

Though I am not Asperbic, I exhibit symptoms here and there over the years, and yes, I have had imaginative games here and there. Once, I even gave myself a girlfriend in 6th grade, and talked and dated her after school. I could see her, but no one else could. I would also roleplay that I was fighting demons and monsters outside my house, even going as far as to visually interpret the large weeds outside were moving. Though I am 17, I still do have an avid imagination, and continue with my play, even as a late teenager. I guess I am an active child mentally?

Funnily enough, I do the exact same.

Oh, I am also very obessive about some stuff: I always wake up at the same time as well, but that is sometimes just an aquired habit. If you are made that everyday you wake up at 6:30 o'clock, your body may start to wake up around that time even when you do not need to. It is very normal actually.

A lot of people tend to mix wide imagination and autism. I do have a wide imagination, but I lose focus very easily and I found myself usually being unable to conentrate in one thing at the same time. I guess you can call that ADHD, but reality is that I got used to it and, even if it requires effort, I am able now to be able to read something without distracting too much. Funnily enough, when I focus, I solve everything with logical analysis, even in History, that makes up for my horrible memory...sometimes. It is really intresting, since everything in History has a reason on why it is like that, and if I focus more on that than on the actual facts, I am able to remember almost everything. That changes with the person though. I have a friend who has a not very powerful logical hability, but he is able to remember stuff pretty well. He is able to remember everything, but when somebody asks him to analyse a demographic table and start building relationships that are not on the book, he has a hard time.

Oh also, funnily enough, I always claim that I forget my dreams, but I do remember something at night that I can manipulate easily and I just never considered that dreaming. It is rare, because sometimes I just say like I did not sleep, because all my night I have been like that, but if it was like that then I should be exahusted all day and I am not. Either that is dreaming, or I just fall asleep during night and I do not realize. But I always wake up when I want to...is that lucid dreaming or just me being weird?

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

I act very young for my age, but that is partly to do with my autistic habits. I hate to label myself, but my dad always described me as being an 8 year old inside. (throughout my teenage years that is)

[Zed98]

I do have Asperger syndrome, yet I have learned to overcome most of the challenges involving it. I have meet many new friends throughout my life. (And of course improved from my n00bish ways on this site)
I've always been very imaginative, which helps me create the stories and characters for my video games.

...Speaking of which, I probably should try to be more active. I do view topics on the forums, yet I very rarely post in them.

[sirknightingfail]

Despite having a small amount of autism, I do have difficulty understanding and interacting socially at times. I sometimes get really angry when people are mean or when I misinterpret something someone says. I sometimes take a while to realize what is socially acceptable and sometimes don't know it at all. on the Autism Scale, I'm probably pretty Low. I have difficulty expressing my thoughts.
I still can do quite well In school, despite falling victim to the onset of Procrastination. I often want to finish things completely, but I sometimes just give up on projects if I haven't worked on them in a while. I have done very well in math competitions and can understand and write programs with ease. As I learn to overcome it, I have slowly been able to become more and more social.
I have a bit of aspergers. I spent over a year playing one minecraft server working my way up the ranks to Getting co-owner, But the server is starting to Die. I want to try as hard as I can, But if I mess up I get kind of annoyed and discouraged.
Looking back at this post I Realize it is disorganized and that I should really get my thoughts more organized.