actually, what ShiKage describes is where i feel my sister is, haha. she is not dxed either and refuses to believe that she is anywhere on the spectrum, nor does she really need to, i guess, she is functioning ok... as an adult aspie, i WANTED to be diagnosed because it was affecting me so much. if it hadn't, guess it would have been a "take it or leave it" thing too.
there seem to be a lot of autistic/aspie people, even some significantly affected, who are just self-diagnosed or who don't feel they need to recognise their limitations at all. if they don't need the support/label that's great.. good on you for living up to a neurotypical world!
edit: lol ablu2. the reason for that is low topic maintenance, ie can't stay on topic with their own OR other people's topics, partly due to (i think)
- lack of theory of mind (can't think from others' perspective)
- detail-oriented processing (focus on the small details first, and gradually slowly expand to include a general picture of what the topic was about), and
- inability to multitask due to executive dysfunction (organising your thoughts/behaviours.).
i think detail-oriented processing is a huge deal in autism! almost to the point that it could be one of the basic deficits.
edit#2: oh, and one of my obsessions is autism... can you tell? (: (will twist other people's conversation topics to chat about autism too!)
there seem to be a lot of autistic/aspie people, even some significantly affected, who are just self-diagnosed or who don't feel they need to recognise their limitations at all. if they don't need the support/label that's great.. good on you for living up to a neurotypical world!
edit: lol ablu2. the reason for that is low topic maintenance, ie can't stay on topic with their own OR other people's topics, partly due to (i think)
- lack of theory of mind (can't think from others' perspective)
- detail-oriented processing (focus on the small details first, and gradually slowly expand to include a general picture of what the topic was about), and
- inability to multitask due to executive dysfunction (organising your thoughts/behaviours.).
i think detail-oriented processing is a huge deal in autism! almost to the point that it could be one of the basic deficits.
edit#2: oh, and one of my obsessions is autism... can you tell? (: (will twist other people's conversation topics to chat about autism too!)