I found this article on Asperger's described Steve Pavlina very well:
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Most of the differences relate to the way that aspies (a term that people with Asperger's Syndrome use to describe themselves) communicate with others. They tend to have a rather straightforward style, and that has several implications. First, the roundabout way in which normal (neurologically typical, or NT) people communicate is replaced with a rather blunt, sometimes apparently tactless approach. Aspies say what they are thinking, and there is no such thing as beating around the bush. They don't "say things without saying them," or lace their words with innuendo or hidden meaning. There's no subtext... what is said is what is meant, and it is that simple. NTs often have a hard time figuring out what an aspie means, simply because he (the NT) is not accustomed to interpreting the words completely at face value. They often refuse to believe that there is no hidden meaning, or that the comments they interpret as rude or harsh are actually meant to be helpful. This can cause hard feelings and misunderstandings, and unfortunately the aspie is usually on the losing end of the exchange.
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What is Asperger's Syndrome?
Steve has the typical asperger's profile of someone who does great in school, is extremely logical, and has trouble with humor (although he does try
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I know Steve posted
this blog post on autism which is related to asperger's, but I believe he misinterpreted autism as an extreme form of introversion, which it is not.
The autism quotient test in that post is flawed in many ways, mainly because it seems to test more for introversion and not for autism. Autistic people or people with asperger's are not always introverts. They are usually introverted not by choice, but by the fact that everyone else around them is different, so they have very few people they can relate to and have learned that interacting with others gets them nowhere. It's as if they speak a different language.
So do you think Steve has asperger's? I encourage everyone to read the full source article on asperger's to get a real sense of what it is. Does anyone else out there think they have asperger's?