RE: Your questions, .

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Feel free to ask any

questions. Autism is regarded as being like a ladder or a sequence

of symptoms and conditions from virtually non-existent through mild to heavier

symptoms up to what might be described in some cases as severe impairment and

restriction. Many these days call it the Autistic Spectrum. Those

who have a medium to high intelligence and/or some reasonable degree of

personal functioning and life mastery are described as being ‘high

functioning’.

Alongside this middle to ‘high’

range, there appears to be something of a ‘sub-set’ parallel to the

main sequence of Autistics that is called Aspergers. A lot of us

with Aspergers have no hesitation in describing ourselves as High functioning Autistics;

and many of us use the affectionate in- term of Aspies for ourselves. But

some AS folk do reject the term as being childish or whatever.

Now the greater proportion of the

population about us are to be observed as regular or normal; and in other words

not to be identified with Aspergers. These are the rest of our kind

with a more common and non-Aspergers brain wiring. So we term them

as Neurotypicals or NTs. Many of us Aspies make or have made

something of a life study of these curious creatures known as NTs. A

number of us even marry them! We have to learn to tolerate and to humour

them. (just joking!)

Cheers, Ron.

Ron H

From: aspires-relationships [mailto:aspires-relationships ] On Behalf Of Bonadurer

Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2008

4:11 PM

To: aspires-relationships

Subject: RE:

Does anyone know the best book

This may

sound really dumb (remember I'm very new to this), but is AS technically

considered Autism?? Is it a form of high functioning autism?? and can anyone

tell me what NT is??

Thanks

[Guest guest]

I think you should just start referring to us as "common", it's simpler and funny at the same time (just kidding, to any overly-sensitive, common NT's like myself out there , who might be reading this). Thanks so much Ron, for your explanation, I'm starting to feel like I'm getting closer to getting "my boarding pass" into your world ;)Ron Hedgcock wrote: Hi

, Feel free to ask any questions. Autism is regarded as being like a ladder or a sequence of symptoms and conditions from virtually non-existent through mild to heavier symptoms up to what might be described in some cases as severe impairment and restriction. Many these days call it the Autistic Spectrum. Those who have a medium to high intelligence and/or some reasonable degree of personal functioning and life mastery are described as being ‘high functioning’. Alongside this middle to ‘high’ range, there appears to be something of a ‘sub-set’ parallel to the main sequence of Autistics that is called Aspergers. A lot of us with Aspergers have no hesitation in describing ourselves as High functioning Autistics; and many of us use the affectionate in- term of Aspies for ourselves. But some AS folk do reject the term as being childish or whatever. Now the greater proportion of the population about us are to be observed as regular or normal; and in other words not to be identified with Aspergers. These are the rest of our kind with a more common and non-Aspergers brain wiring.

So we term them as Neurotypicals or NTs. Many of us Aspies make or have made something of a life study of these curious creatures known as NTs. A number of us even marry them! We have to learn to tolerate and to humour them. (just joking!) Cheers, Ron. Ron H From: aspires-relationships [mailto:aspires-relationships ] On Behalf Of Bonadurer Sent: Saturday, 23

February 2008 4:11 PM To: aspires-relationships Subject: RE: Does anyone know the best book This may sound really dumb (remember I'm very new to this), but is AS technically considered Autism?? Is it a form of high functioning autism?? and can anyone tell me what NT is?? Thanks

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