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
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.
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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
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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 close. Almost didn't make it.:rolleyes: Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
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I got an 18 too, and you know what? I like being in the middle sometimes... you know, you can be the litle guy, not 'pushing an edge' at any ends of the line, and when it comes down to a real opportunity, you can jump out of your social crouch and 'take over'!!! (sorry, I got myself carried out, sorry) Pablo.ar
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I'm a 15 Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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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
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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
Seems that no one is worried about "Asperger Autism", everyone is more interested to know if they belong to the "Geek" category. :sigh:
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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
Thing is, in forced social situations (meetings with clients, investors, etc.) I can schmooze my way into their favor, and have shifted their focus my way in many occassions. Even as a kid I was very manipulative. I've seen tests like this before, and while I am normally very focused on things, very imaginitive (finding solutions where others cannot in many situations), and all that go with it I tend to have a bit more social skills than those diagnosed with autism (of varying kinds). I wouldn't put too much faith in such tests unless it accounts for such things. Just calculating numbers doesn't say a whole lot. Everyone who knows me personally finds me to be a big geek (I take that as a compliment, thus proving it, wouldn't you say? :)). And what little I know of you from this site, I think you're a geek, too. I only hope you view that as a compliment as well. :)
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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!
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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
Corinna John wrote: eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). The percentage of those scoring over 32 that have been diagnosed is more interesting though, at least if you're testing to see if you are autistic it is.... I'll guess and say I scored a 23. :) BW The Biggest Loser
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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
I just had someone come up to me a few minutes ago and ask how to get to Fry's Electronics (the WalMart of Electronics/Computers/Software) :rolleyes: because he was told "if anyone knows how to get there, Steve will" :sigh: Steve
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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!
VHF == Very High Functioning. - It means the Aspie can imitate almost all social skills, and other stuff, thus if you looked at the person you wouldn't recognize they had the syndrome. Regardz Colin J Davies
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