Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 At 10:29 AM 7/24/02 -0400, Rakus wrote: >Here is the link to Tony Attwood's website http://www.tonyattwood.com/ >There's really a lot of good stuff there, although the music on his home >page drives me nuts! Thanks! I've been to Attwood's page before, but it's been a long time. That was one of the sites I went to in he first month or two of discovering Asperger's. (I didn't even realize it had music! I keep the sound turned off on my computer because most of the noises it makes on purpose really bother me and some of the sounds it makes when visiting a web page have startled me right out of my skin! LOL) >Very good question. I've read a few articles that talk about the >differences between male and female aspie behavior. I've seen it postulated >many times that aspie females more often do not display the tantrums and >aggressive behavior that is often common in aspie males, and that aspie >characteristics are more " acceptable " in females than in males. That's very interesting and would explain why fewer females are diagnosed (if someone is having difficulty but is not causing problems for others, they're less likely to be investigated and diagnosed). I guess I'm not missing as much as I thought I might be since from your short description, it sounds like I have the more " masculine " form of Asperger's (though there may be other factors in play, for example I read that male aspies are more likely to be math/science oriented while female aspies are more likely to be oriented towards animals and/or literature. I love reading about science and solving math puzzles but my real strength is words, literature and writing (though I'm much stronger in writing non-fiction than fiction.)) >When I compare myself to my son, I see many similarities, although we seem >to have very different ways of expressing ourselves at times. But since I >don't really remember much about my childhood, it isn't a very accurate >basis of comparison. I remember a lot about my childhood but some of my memories seem to be colored by what those around me told me about myself. I wish my mother were more willing to talk to me (or to a doctor) about my childhood because she has a wealth of information about me that she's unwilling to discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:43 PM > > > > Sparrow Rose Cross dreamed lazily into the stars: > > > I remember going to play therapy. It must have really > > >deflated my mother to discover that play therapy didn't make a dent in my > > > " problems. " > > > > I've always wondered, what is play therapy like, what do you do in it? > > > > Without knowing precisely what it is, I suspect it'd be a total failure > > with me also -- I'd be too strongly driven to go back to my > > computer/books/cats/horses... I'm so " stuck " on those activities that I > > actually preferred to sit in the hotel room reading > > When I was a kid, my idea of " playing " with another kid was to get a stack > of books or comics, divide it into two, and give half to the other kid. > Then I'd sit and read my half and expect them to read half. > > If my mother told me to play outside, I'd stick a book in the waistband of > my shorts or trousers, climb up a tree and read. > > On holidays I would take a bag of books with me and stay in the motel > room, reading. > > Iris Reading is still my ideal way to spend a vacation ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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