Apparently in the UK alone there are over 500'000 autistics.
Well, I have Aspergers and so far haven't met anyone else who has autism.
Anyone else who writes fanfics and is autistic, or knows someone who is?
I had a friend who was heavily dyslexic with words, he loved writing but had many barriers when putting it down on paper, I helped him alot but now I've moved away. Shame really, his plots were REALLY good
? Yes, that's relevant, isn't it?
I know someone with autism (well, Asperger's, like yourself) but it's very mild. He sometimes doesn't get sarcasm, but that's the only problem he generally faces. If you were to speak to him, you wouldn't notice unless he told you.
I have Asbergers Syndrome myself, so wahey, another writer like me!
Naah, you probably have met lots of autistic people, but just haven't noticed. It can be very subtle sometimes.
Some of my analysts thought I might be autistic or at least on the spectrum, but I'm not sure. I do have problems communicating verbally. I get very uncomfortable talking to people, but that could be down to a learned response since I was bullied quite a lot when I was younger. When I'm reading or writing I'm fine, and I don't have very much in the way of repetitive behaviour.
My Dad probably has asbergers, but won't get tested, and my brother has some dyslexia, but he can work around it and read well enough if he stays in practice.
I will say though, getting any kind of support for any psychological problem in school/sixth form/university is stupidly difficult.
I guess you could say I have rather mild autism, though I think really differently from my friends. Though I had it a lot worse when I was younger; in nursery the only words I would say were 'yes' and 'no', and I'm often labelled the quiet or weird one.
Not to mention it took me nearly forever to understand 'teenage' words such as chav and emo etc. and sometimes people don't understand what I'm talking about. I've noticed it in my fics as well, as they seem a lot less emotional than others I've read, mainly because I've never felt those feelings myself.
What really bugged me was that my school didn't know what it was, and I was sent to the headteacher to discuss my 'problem'. Oh, how tempted I was to yell at him for saying that. The only reason that my English class know of it is because I did a critical essay on the subject.
So much for a commonly known disorder :P
My brother is quite severely autistic, who struggles to get his head around things. I mean like when he was 5 or 6 at traffic lights, he'd see a red light and refuse to move, because that means "stop" and he didn't understand that when the cars stop the people can move. He didn't really understand proper responses, like you could ask him something and he would repeat what you said without giving an answer. Great pronunciation, though.
His schools (he had many) weren't great at helping him and he was bullied A LOT. Now he's in college and he's got great friends. You could tell something was different about him, but it's unlikely you could immediately place it.
I'm not saying he's got it terrible, because I've seen much much severer. But he has it pretty bad.
He's attempting a fantasy book, but there are several flaws in the story. All the characters being the same is the main one, but he doesn't include a lot of emotion into it. Problem is he can't take criticism. This is just my assumption, but it might be because he thinks bullying and criticism is the same thing.
So, yeah, not exactly fanfics, but he's autistic. :)
My brother is autistic, its mild but he can get quite hard to handle. He is now very tall and big and strong and its very easy to push his buttons and make him mad because he doesn't really quite get sayings because he takes them all literally.
The teachers in his primary school were so horrible to him because he hadn't been diagnosed with aspergers (which is what i think he has) and they didn't quite know what to do with him and as a result treated him badly. And his 'friends' were so horrible at times he would come home from school crying because he didn't understand that they were using him. As a result am very preotective of him.
He doesn't make stories but he is really into making fan/music vids for the anime he watches. He is like REALLY into it. He doesn't like to write because he isn't great with english- more maths and computers, but he loves to make those videos. Which is kinda fan related.
I suffer with aspergus as well, but it was worse when I was younger. I still have periods of time when I regress and am no better than I was when say 5. I didn't get diagnosed until I was 14 and so didn't get any help until then. I generally got ignored - I was quiet and didn't really socialise.
I also suffer with very mild dyslexia. Apparently it's not uncommon for there to be a crossover. It took me 6 years to figure out how to spell vehicle right first time.
It doesn't really affect my writing that much, I do admit that it's not as emotional as a lot of other fics.
Technically, I probably have autism.
My cousin has aspergers that makes him smarter than everyone else, and just got 5 A's in his highers and is now at University.
My brother has severe autism to the extent he cannot talk well, cannot understand much, and uses repetitive behaviour.
And my mother runs an autism charity in Leicestershire helping other families with people with autism.
I have a twin brother who's severely autistic. He can understand most of what is been said to him, and his speech has got better, but most of the time he's off in his own world. I wouldn't change the way he is for anything though.
I have Asperger's Syndromes. I find it very hard to tell when someone is joking with me or been sarcastic. I've been told that I sometimes look rather emotionless and have repetitive, sometimes obsessive behaviour.
I'm a lot better then I used to be though. So is my brother.
Does anyone else get asked if they're okay all the time? Cause apparently I always seem moody and anti-social, and about six days a week I'm asked if I'm fine, which then ironically makes me feel angry.
I can understand comedy shows like Mock the Week, but I never understand my friend's humour, which they find strange (and then ask if I'm okay, and the cycle goes on...) and now they avoid bringing up topics I like, since they know I can get quite obssesive.
Kinda like how I'm doing with this thread :P
My little brother has aspergers and he gets bullied quite a bit because of it. It's a bit better now though because he's moved up to my school so I'm constantly looking after him. He has trouble understanding jokes so if he's watching something that I laugh at he'll laugh constantly because he thinks he should find it funny.
>>12 'I have Asperger's Syndromes. I find it very hard to tell when someone is joking with me or been sarcastic. I've been told that I sometimes look rather emotionless and have repetitive, sometimes obsessive behaviour.'
I'm a little like that; I mean, nothing's been diagnosed, and so I don't want to sound like an emo, self-diagnosing freak, but I miss so much sarcasm, and I've always had very awkward social skills... I do suspect I have Asperger's.
My 2nd son has Aspergers...so I know exactly what your saying :)
He is currently studying computer sciences and game design/programming at college. He was lucky to be diagnosed at 11, and so has had help with communicating all through high school. I know about the sence of humour, etc. Mock the week and Lee Evans is his fav comedy as well. Anything 'arty' (such as "The Office") has no chance.
Does anyone here have travel problems? My son tends to forget where to get off when travelling on the bus, hates any strangers sitting next to him. I travel everywhere with him, which can be a strain at times but I wouldnt have him any other way, I love him to bits :):):)
Wow, a mother. I sometimes forget that Fanfiction encompasses all ages. I can forgive myself though, what with the large presence of fanboys and girls at Expos.
It's good to know that there are families out there that have the love and support available to them. I know families who have members on the spectrum, and they're shunned at times. It's quite sad to see, considering their behaviour is staring me right in the face.
Being autistic, you tend to meet other similarly disabled people. You also tend to notice the symptoms easier, because those symptoms are very familiar.
Indeed, the subtle humour that stems from comedies like The Office, which is more situational comedy than satire, flies over my head and that of some friends. However, bizarrely, I understand The Royle Family easily.
I don't have travel problems, but I do tend to forget what I'm doing a lot. This can be a problem if I'm on the London Underground. I sometimes take the wrong direction because I'm used to going left at the other station. Oh, the irony.
Yes,my son tends to forget what hes doing as well. Before he was diagnosed we just use to call him "Our Craigy with his head in the clouds." The diag did nothing to change this, it just gave a name to something the rest of our family already knew :)
I have autism, and have an account on FF dot Net
if you find my stories and think their crap, don't blame me, if you luike them then please review
Has anyone in this thread come across the site Wrong Planet (www.wrongplanet.net)? It's a hangout for those with autism or Asperger's, created by a guy with Asperger's, although NTs (Neuro-Typicals, or 'normal' people with typical brains) are also welcome there. It's a fun site and I hang out there on occasion :3
I'm not autistic and I don't have any friends in the UK who are, but I have an internet friend from New Zealand who is, as well as her brother and sister. On the internet, that is on forums and over MSN, she seems pretty normal apart from sometimes being a bit pedantic and over-literal. When I first met her she said she didn't do well in group conversations online, but I think she gradually got used to those, and if she hadn't actually said she was autistic I doubt I would have known.
In various articles that I've read, people are calling the internet the equivalent, for autistics, of sign language for the deaf: a form of communication which opens up endless possibilities and puts them on an equal footing with 'normal' people with regards to conversation. What do y'all think of that idea?
>>19 I haven't been there yet, but I might check it out :)
Equal footing with 'normal' people? Why do I not like the way they say that? It males it seem like autism is form form of disease, though I've never though of it like that...more of something that people should easily accept and adapt to. I met an autistic on a school trip, and I can say with anger that his school mates teased him rather badly for it. Luckily he got support from one of the teachers, but like all bullying it made my blood boil.
I did a little research, and apparently Aspergers is the reason for my poor handwriting, abnormally loud voice and low intonation, my habit of talking endlessly about the same topic for ages and why I have such a big interest for secondary characters on TV shows. Kind of strange, but hey :P
I know a girl with Aspergers. She was in my class up until recently, where she was always teased and ganged up on. Me and my best friend always defended her and we were (and still are) her only friends. We made her feel more accepted, and I learnt how to make her laugh.
Now, though, she's moved to spain with her mum, because her mum wanted to get away from her dad. She really misses it here with me and my friend, but she says it's ok because she has a cute, male, spanish-to-englsih translator to be her friend! :)
wot is aspergus
You mean 'asp burgers'. They're burgers made out of snakes. Obviously.
My mistake.
I've got mild Asbergers; you can tell cos I'm cruel to be kind, perfectionist and very pedantic. My little brother is full-blown autistic and he's a handful.
I have some sort of Aspergers which I've just lived with.
I was bullied a lot when I was younger 'cause I was a loner and I also had trouble understanding things. I also got labelled by the council as having 'no imagination' and 'no emotional response'.
Now, however, I have a lot of great friends who I can hang around with and I understand most humour, even subtle humour (although it sometimes takes a while). I can also relate emotionally (sort of) and I like writing fictional stories which are coming on alright. Could be improved, but I try to take good and bad.
None of this would be possible without the support from my teachers, my family and my friends. I'm already making friends from Fanfiction and I'm enjoying myself. If only the work wasn't too much...
I have a little brother with sever autism and adhd, he lives in foster care and is normally doped up to the eyeball, even though it's still obvious that he's autistic. He doesn't make fan fictions, but he has many interests like sonic and pokemon and he makes up his own little stories in his head -he more mutters them out to himself- But I have mild adhd, which I know is completely different, but yeah, you're definitely not alone.
My brother, Daniel has Autism. He lives in a sort of restidental home for people with Austim. He doesn't actullay looks like he has it, if you didn't hear him, you would think he's normal. His speech is limted, he doesn't chat full sentences and he repeats himself (Favourtie sentence: I said no! over and over). Seeing as he can't shout he uses viloence such as throwing glass for attention and hitting and kicking. Even through he had austism I cannot say I understand it. Many people are differnt, have different cases exct.
Seeing as he's my brother I don't think about what's he's got and sometimes hate him. Really its because that our relationship has gone, when we were kids we were so close now I'm sure he hates me at times. Anyway, that just beacuse of the fact of siblings nothing to do with autism.
Daniel likes films, well not the whole movie he generally finds a little snippets and repeats it over and over until it drives you mad. He good at finding things of what he wants on the computer and painting. You can't force him to do stuff but if he wanted I think he could be skilled at a lot of things.
I'm not sure if he makes up stories, I can't get an answer if I ask. If he wants something he uses symbol charts or the alphabet, spelling out the word. Oh and he's likes Fast food.
Okay, I'm doing a biography of my brother here, sorry. So just answering your question; I do know someone with autism. :)
I have a friend who says herself she's has mild autism, but in fact it's quite heavy.
I think that everyone has abit of autism, otherwise I don't think we can concentrate on something.
Hey, I have aspergers and was only diagnossed four years ago which has made my life so much easier. I am 16 years old and have always had trouble making and/or mentained the friends I do make. You probable have met people with the same condtion as you but have not noticed as they will seem just like you. If you have you will have found that your usually barriers will not have had as much of an affect and that you got on well with them fairly easily. I know a few people with aspergers and volunter at a stable where many of the other children and helpers my condition and I am friends with many of them.
I have Asperger too, but I'm really social too and like a lot of stuff so it's easy to make friends for me, people think I'm kind.
I was diagnosed a year ago, but in the class I was at that time... it didn't really change the bullying and the beatings...
I guess they just hated me because I was goth and foreign.
This year I finally am in a new warm and kind class, unfortunately next year we will have to change of class again.
I have many friends now too.
In my class there are many kids with mild autism, but there is this boy who has a really heavy form and he sometimes throws with tables/chairs, it's really scary!
Oh well, mild autism isn't really bad if you can live with it ^___^
I don't have autism, and neither does any familymember of mine, but at my school we have an average of 3 people with autism per class, consisting of around 20 people. I know a lot of people with autism, severe or very mild ( I didn't know one of my friends had autism until after a year I met him) but in my experience there's just a very, very big difference from person to person.
Unfortunately, some people in my school get bullied a lot for being different, and autist ( I don't know if it's an English word too, in the Netherlands it's a person with autism)has become something like a curse word. For example, they call someone an autist when they trip or do something clumsy or stupid. It's horrible, but it happens.
That doesn't mean, however, everyone with autism gets treated bad at my school. We have great councilling (the reason there are so many people with autism on my school) and they can find people in the same situation. I think autism shouldn't be a limitation, merely something that makes you who you are.
If I can recommend a book:
"Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew" by Ellen Notbohm
It's quite excellent, even if you know a lot about it already. The writer talks through behavior and what it means, how their minds comprehend things etc. I seriously suggest this book to all interested.
>>31, whilst this may not be the case, Autism is rarer in girls, but they always have it towards the severe end of the spectrum. With guys it varies, with girls it is really quite severe.
I'm not sure if it's autism but I all ways check if the doors of the cars are locked when I'm on vacation.
>>36 That sounds more like OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Autism is more severe in that it severly affects how you view the world, everything is just that little bit different, no matter how mild or severe you have it. I know there is a lot more to it than that, but I know some of the basics.
OCD is more mental, and it's something you can get over.
My friend has OCD. She literally cannot sleep in her room is untidy. Not the room she's sleeping in, but her room at home.