tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post4154218028640771800..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: addendum to explain why I'm being an assholeAmanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-74666898340285234392010-09-02T20:00:49.238-04:002010-09-02T20:00:49.238-04:00I think if I were going to try and get a diagnosis...I think if I were going to try and get a diagnosis (which I would, someday, if only to get some sort of 'official' validation for my entire life story), I'd go for NLD, since I think it's the one I can make the strongest case for, and at this point I'm so far from the stereotypes of Asperger's or ASD that I think it would be less confusing to people to just say I had a learning disability than to try and explain why I'm not a cold-hearted genius like those aspies they see on tv.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-10302883159437340442010-09-02T19:37:39.786-04:002010-09-02T19:37:39.786-04:00also: it's the only ASD diagnosis that has its...also: it's the only ASD diagnosis that has <a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e396/katurian/0422002027a.jpg" rel="nofollow">its own energy drink</a>, which means it is also the only one I will miss once the DSM gets itself straightened out.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-76819849074926061752010-09-02T19:35:11.031-04:002010-09-02T19:35:11.031-04:00I really like having the PDD-NOS diagnosis to swin...I really like having the PDD-NOS diagnosis to swing around because it feels more like me than saying Asperger's which just calls up all those stereotypes--but really I don't have that diagnosis because I'm "atypical" I don't think, it's just luck which one you get. And as cheesy as it sounds I feel like we're all NOS.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-40791078283157646562010-09-02T19:21:46.299-04:002010-09-02T19:21:46.299-04:00One of the reasons I like reading your blog is bec...One of the reasons I like reading your blog is because a lot of the stuff you talk about I can really relate to, far more than the autism books I've read. So if I'm on the spectrum, I'm not 'typical' either. <br /><br />You don't seem like an asshole to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com