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Very early in (100 votes), but currently more than 50% of people say they are autistic to some degree - anywhere from outright yes or borderline. I've always thought most other people are strange fuckers but this is taking the piss people.
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I had an uncle that realised he had Asperger until he was +30 after finding out his son of 3yo had it too. So I guess it’s hard to know if you never had proper analysis.
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I'm a very strange person with an apparently very unique perspective on the world which feels like a memetic auto-immune disorder stemming from hyper-sensitivity and self-awareness. I can feel memes trying to infect me. This presents similar to other high-functioning autists.
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My brother is severely autistic. He can't even speak. A very gregarious friend of mine told me he apparently has Aspergers. He is a different I suppose. But when people say "you can't be a little bit autistic" I find it hard to reconcile the difference between my friend and my ->
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On the autism-spectrum quotient test I score somewhere around 31/50. The male median is ~17/50. The test is not for diagnosing autism but I am at least significantly higher than average in autistic traits, most likely very mild aspergers.