Evil Genius Posted October 26, 2007 http://www.msnbc.com/modules/newsweek/auti...ent/default.asp Check out this Test! I just came across this and according to the test, i have Asperger Syndrome. wtf!??! I almost have maximum points! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gilligan Posted October 26, 2007 i only got 8... you win, EG... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted October 26, 2007 EG, do u have a large head? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted October 26, 2007 Hi Xipe, not that i´m aware of. I´m not unsually ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) , the reason I ask, is because peeps with aspergers often have large heads Edited October 26, 2007 by XipeTotec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) Not to worry EG, apparently [according to the ridiculous test] I also have Asperger Syndrome. EDIT: and I don't have a large head either shroomy, I have a normal sized head. Edited October 26, 2007 by Phosphene_Dream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark80 Posted October 26, 2007 Not to worry EG, apparently [according to the ridiculous test] I also have Asperger Syndrome. EDIT: and I don't have a large head either shroomy, I have a normal sized head. its one in 5 to one in 4 who have macrocephalous related to aspergers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic Posted October 26, 2007 Well that may be so, but I don't have autism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark80 Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) l Edited October 26, 2007 by mark80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark80 Posted October 26, 2007 Well that may be so, but I don't have autism. i don't have cancer whats your point? lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted October 26, 2007 not sure how relevant my score is... as I can rearely bring myself to select a "strongly agree/disagree"!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic Posted October 26, 2007 i don't have cancer whats your point? lol Not really sure what my point was now Mark? Ah fuck it!!! I have autism, no use denying it LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) Havent we all a little bit of Asperger Syndrome in us, eh? Well, all but gilligan. lol. That reminds me about the episode from House md in which house isnt sure if he´s autistic or not. It surely turns out he´s just an ass! Autism would be a too easy excuse for me. bye Eg Edited October 26, 2007 by Evil Genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foolsbreath Posted October 26, 2007 Man 50 fucken questions, you have to be kidding! I don't want to know that bad! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertmorpheus Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) I got a twenty. Then I rubbed furry things cos they felt good until the blobs came and told me to stop. I think its a good way to increase the numbers Newsweek staff can use when talking to advertisers... "no no look all these guys spent 5 minutes on there and theyre from Australia!". We have a family friend that is high function autistic, she is a deeply intelligent and sensitive woman, independently wealthy and easily one of the most pleasant people I know. I guess thats why they call autism n aspergers "spectrum disorders". It's a symptomatic rather than a ... causational diagnosis (is that a word?), so we all have a few specks of it in our makeup... just a matter of degrees. The more I look at my brain the more I come to realise it's actually a reasonably solid unit, with few interesting glitches beyond being a bit of a dreamer (I heard that, you bastards) Not very dramatic, no cool acronyms, therapies, self help books or drug regimen for me. Thought I may have something called "ankiolosing spondylitis" but turned out I had just really abused my spine and hips... I felt really ripped off. 5 minutes I will never get back, and I STILL don't have a universal excuse other than the one in the book of the subgenius! VM Edited October 26, 2007 by Vertmorpheus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilli Posted October 26, 2007 31... Damn, if I had a few more points I would have had a great excuse for acting like an asshole. Not bagging people with Asperger's or Autism there, in fact my favorite nephew has Asperger's, apparently, plus the lead singer of the Vines, and they both rawk! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted October 26, 2007 I did this test a while ago and came out 1 point away from aspergers. This was only because I have learned how to behave in some social situations. I think if I had done this test when I was 5 or 6 I would have come out deeply in the aspergers zone ;). In late primary school I had a friend who was deeply autistic. I think I was one of the few people who he had any kind of connection with, and I think this is mainly due to the fact that I treated him like a normal person, and that I had some insight into how he experienced the world due to my own history. I once had a very difficult ayahuasca experience where I regressed downwards into myself in order to try and escape the painful existential crisis that I was confronted with. I buried myself so deeply that I was essentially in an autistic state. I remember regaining my rational mind for long enough to realise that I was experiencing autism and I said to my copilot "I should just face it. I'm autistic". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted October 26, 2007 Man 50 fucken questions, you have to be kidding! I don't want to know that bad! It's also an ADD test . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foolsbreath Posted October 27, 2007 It's also an ADD test . LOL yeah I got to number 8 and I was spent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark80 Posted October 27, 2007 Aspergers clincially is very hard to define because of a non standardised checking system. that test is a joke everyone is just an asshole. Its kinda like that "syndrome" authrtotative defance or something--> i'm sure you can just spank that out of a kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertmorpheus Posted October 27, 2007 Yeah it goes both ways I think... we all know someone with something and they're decent enough, etc... course, there's that bloke that made the papers a few months ago for stalking and assaulting some ex coworker and the judge decided "well he's just a bit of an ass-burger, not his fault, up his meds and let him go" bearing in mind he still had enough social smarts to do a runner when the cops turned up haha. A very good mate of mine's son apparently has autism... I reckon half his behaviours and traits have a lot more to do with the first few years of his life being a hell at the hands of his dipshit of a dad, and his mum being too busy working her guts out to keep em all alive to really bond with him, socialise him properly etc. Then there's the folks I used to work for, the nephew of that clan has Aspergers (apparently) but interestingly enough it doesn't see mto manifest acutely around a>people that dont know he has it or b> people that dont CARE he has it... but put him next to his mum or his aunties or with a professional kid wrangler for half an hour and he just has a meltdown.Pick your audience, I guess. He is certainly a handful of a kid, and has a lot of those fairly typically aberrant young male traits.. but it was always funny as hell in a sad way to chill with those folks and suppress the urge to explain that "no, hes not nuts...hes just the only interesting and turned on member of your entire family!". Raise a kid around nothing but emotionally crippled ego trippers and wonder why he doesn't have the best people skills. Exposed to nothing in the way of input other than friday night football and listening to menfolk sit around handing out orders to their timid wives, mothers and sisters and wonder why he acts up with female staff and students at his schools.Lackwits. Then theres the poor bastards that are just in their own lil world, no visitors. I read a great book called "nobody nowhere" by a lady with autism, interesting stuff. Please note...yes, I am aware there are a million n one kinds of "autism"...I am also aware that a lot of people basically ignore their kids wherever possible for years, when theyre not feeding them rubbish food and drowning them in unneeded chemicals and drugs, then one day realise that hey, we've raised a complete fuckwit. Gotta blame SOMETHING. Course, I'm one of those freakishly rare people who has a child entirely lacking in addling acronyms, intoxicating intolerances, bastardly behaviours or anyhting... shes just a lil monster and very forward for her age Reading/watching/listening in on most forms of media aimed at "parents and families" leaves people like me feeling a bit left out... seems all the emphasis is now on fat autistic coeliac kids from broken homes with lesbian mums and lactose intolerance, or something. Whilst I am EXTREMELY and constantly grateful to have lucked in and ended up with a "normal" or even a bit above average child... would be nice if I could go a whole day without having to feel somehow vaguely "bad" for all the people with farked up kids. Mine can go apeshit, break things, get stuck on one phrase for half an hour, say terrible things in public and refuse to be compliant for whateve rreason... her mum and I tend to take it onboard, rather than assuming it must be additives, fast paced TV or the decay of the social fabric. Remember when you were at school, every class had a few "special" kids... reports from child care n teaching mates now indicate that they have a handful at best of "normal" kids and the rest are either allergic to everything, or afflicted with something.. interestingly enough in areas where parents dont have time/income/smarts to go looking up obscure things to be wrong with their kids, rates are a lot lower. Obviously that reflects a lot of undiagnosed issues, but it also reflects greater issues at hand too... in the age of the NIMBY (not in my backyard) we now also have NOMHs "not on my hands". as for ODD, dont know anybody with it, so can't really comment. Same as everything these days I guess, probably a few kids with it, and a thousand for each that are labelled with it for no reason other than laziness or ignorance. stay sane... the 7 other neurotypical people left on earth need your support! VM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gilligan Posted October 27, 2007 Havent we all a little bit of Asperger Syndrome in us, eh? Well, all but gilligan. lol. That reminds me about the episode from House md in which house isnt sure if he´s autistic or not. It surely turns out he´s just an ass! Autism would be a too easy excuse for me. bye Eg You guys have all the fun... Big heads, varying degrees of Asperger's... i feel left out now. That's it, only one thing left for me to do - I'm starting the Big Headed Asperger's Fanclub... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auntyjack Posted October 27, 2007 my eldest son had autism, after a few very hard years he has been re-classified as Aspergers Syndrome (bit of a long Grey area this one) he goes to normal school now and suffers mainly obsessive compulsive traits. (My ex) always thought i was autistic!!! --> but I think it had more to do with not agreeing with all the bullshit that came out of her mouth! (...did I mention CONSTANTLY) Aj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
