Hello! I am 14 years old and I go to a school for the arts, and my focus there is music. I play bass, piano, cello, and a little guitar. I also take ballet and aerial at the studio across from my school. I'm on the school soccer team when it's in season (our season just ended) and another soccer team in a classic league.
I think that I have Asperger's- and I'm not one of the people who thinks "oh- I'm socially awkward/clumsy/smart/shy, I must have Asperger's or autism". I don't think that's right, and those people are either stupid or want an excuse for being mean.
I don't understand facial expressions, tones of voice, figurative language, or anything that is not literal and I hate eye contact. When I was younger I though everybody but me could read minds because I didn't understand all of those things.
Like most aspies, I have acute interests (that are true obsessions), and I'm like a walking encyclopedia on them. Mine are Sweden (paritularly Swedish grammar and the history/culture, but I know quite a lot about the rest of it too) and geologic history (all of it- from dinosaurs to the early, molten earth). I don't know why they are those things but they are and they're all I seem to talk about.
There's also some other things that seem to affect aspies that also effect me.
I hate loud, sudden noisies and movements. I don't scream or react, but they scare me a lot. Other sounds and movements just distract me a lot. I can't stand the feel of certain things- sock with seams and most socks in general, tags in clothing, tight clothes, bras, and heat. Most of my other interests are from when I was a kid. Like my favorite TV shows and movies- Code Lyoko, Teen Titans, Spirited Away (and the rest of the Studio Ghibli films), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron. When people talk to me, I don't respond unless they say my name because I don't know whether or not they're talking to me. I love the repition of walking, and when I do it I go into my own little world. Most of my humor is related to that world and nobody ever understands it and sometimes it's offensive. I hate it when people interrupt me while I'm doing anything because it's extremely hard for me to refocus. However, I can focus on things for longs periods of time if I go uninterupted. If somebody says "if you would do the laundry" I think "'if I would do the laundry' WHAT?". I have trouble with rating things on a scale of 1-10 and pricing objects.
Like I said, I'm 14, so I want to talk to my parents about it. I don't do well with the "Mom, dad, there's something I need to talk to you about" approach. Does anybody know of an alternate way?
I think that was pretty long so I might have bored people or given too much information.
I think that I have Asperger's- and I'm not one of the people who thinks "oh- I'm socially awkward/clumsy/smart/shy, I must have Asperger's or autism". I don't think that's right, and those people are either stupid or want an excuse for being mean.
I don't understand facial expressions, tones of voice, figurative language, or anything that is not literal and I hate eye contact. When I was younger I though everybody but me could read minds because I didn't understand all of those things.
Like most aspies, I have acute interests (that are true obsessions), and I'm like a walking encyclopedia on them. Mine are Sweden (paritularly Swedish grammar and the history/culture, but I know quite a lot about the rest of it too) and geologic history (all of it- from dinosaurs to the early, molten earth). I don't know why they are those things but they are and they're all I seem to talk about.
There's also some other things that seem to affect aspies that also effect me.
I hate loud, sudden noisies and movements. I don't scream or react, but they scare me a lot. Other sounds and movements just distract me a lot. I can't stand the feel of certain things- sock with seams and most socks in general, tags in clothing, tight clothes, bras, and heat. Most of my other interests are from when I was a kid. Like my favorite TV shows and movies- Code Lyoko, Teen Titans, Spirited Away (and the rest of the Studio Ghibli films), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron. When people talk to me, I don't respond unless they say my name because I don't know whether or not they're talking to me. I love the repition of walking, and when I do it I go into my own little world. Most of my humor is related to that world and nobody ever understands it and sometimes it's offensive. I hate it when people interrupt me while I'm doing anything because it's extremely hard for me to refocus. However, I can focus on things for longs periods of time if I go uninterupted. If somebody says "if you would do the laundry" I think "'if I would do the laundry' WHAT?". I have trouble with rating things on a scale of 1-10 and pricing objects.
Like I said, I'm 14, so I want to talk to my parents about it. I don't do well with the "Mom, dad, there's something I need to talk to you about" approach. Does anybody know of an alternate way?
I think that was pretty long so I might have bored people or given too much information.
