Is it an illness to be a geek ?!
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
Let's get the party started ! David
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
Geeky, but not so much I can't function socially :-)
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
35, but I've been retro diagnosed. - Personally I think VHF Aspies have actually got an advantage when they reach adulthood in the modern world. Regardz Colin J Davies
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**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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Let's get the party started ! David
David Cunningham wrote: Let's get the party started ! LOL :-) Good one. Of course it took me a moment to get the joke. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
This comes as no surprise to me. However, I am quite lucky: Although I might find social groups trying, and can find it very difficult to express myself, I don't usually have any trouble reading others. I guess this saves me, as I know when to shut up :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
I got 40! :eek: Although some of the questions I was ambivalent about and would have prefered a neutral answer because I could not say if I agreed or disagreed with it.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
I'm a 15 Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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This comes as no surprise to me. However, I am quite lucky: Although I might find social groups trying, and can find it very difficult to express myself, I don't usually have any trouble reading others. I guess this saves me, as I know when to shut up :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog PhotographyMegan Forbes wrote: I don't usually have any trouble reading others. I guess this saves me, as I know when to shut up That's probably where I failed (Well, not failed but scored highly in that area). You might have noticed that I sometimes explicitly ask if I'm talking too much.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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35, but I've been retro diagnosed. - Personally I think VHF Aspies have actually got an advantage when they reach adulthood in the modern world. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
What's VHF stand for? (I'm assuming it is not Very High Frequency)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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Geeky, but not so much I can't function socially :-)
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
But how high would the people behind the test score ? Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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Megan Forbes wrote: I don't usually have any trouble reading others. I guess this saves me, as I know when to shut up That's probably where I failed (Well, not failed but scored highly in that area). You might have noticed that I sometimes explicitly ask if I'm talking too much.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: You might have noticed that I sometimes explicitly ask if I'm talking too much. Actually, the fact that you are so sincere when speaking is one of the qualities I really like about you Colin :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
Oh everything is an illness. Alcoholism is an illness. Gambling is an illness. Playing video games until 2 am is an illness. It's time people took responsibility for their own actions. ----------------------------- All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
a) if there is a drug to treat it, you will find someone who calls it an illness. b) a syndrome is just a distinguishible behavioral pattern, without an attached reason (i.e. a set of related symptoms) c) 20, but I think it's misdiagnosed. I'm "Anti-Asperger" with the social questions - mostly because I'm a "human behavior geek", so thinking about facial impressions, motivation etc. is what I do instead of collecting star wars light sabres.. (I want to be Asperger too!!!!) d) 37 is ok, really. It's nice to know it's not only us guys....
we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
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a) if there is a drug to treat it, you will find someone who calls it an illness. b) a syndrome is just a distinguishible behavioral pattern, without an attached reason (i.e. a set of related symptoms) c) 20, but I think it's misdiagnosed. I'm "Anti-Asperger" with the social questions - mostly because I'm a "human behavior geek", so thinking about facial impressions, motivation etc. is what I do instead of collecting star wars light sabres.. (I want to be Asperger too!!!!) d) 37 is ok, really. It's nice to know it's not only us guys....
we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
sighist || Agile Programming | doxygenif there is a drug to treat it, you will find someone who calls it an illness. At least for a few years - as long as the drug is expensive. When a cheap drug exists, nobody won't be interested in the illness anymore...
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I got 40! :eek: Although some of the questions I was ambivalent about and would have prefered a neutral answer because I could not say if I agreed or disagreed with it.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Welcome to the club ;)
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I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco
That was actually far lower than I expected. I wonder whether that's because - although I can still be quite awkward in some social situations - I'm now very heavily biased towards people and social interaction these days? I don't know...but I othen think there are two distinct sides to my personality - the rational, creative side to which abstraction appeals (hence my career) and the emotional empath that loves people. Personality is an intriguing subject... Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In