The Pardox of Social Impairment and Profound Social Disconnectedness


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Feb 1, 2005


born the way we are for good reason. Let society expand its definition and understanding of worth, and change itself, and stop requiring that those of us on the autistic spectrum change or have to fit the NT mold in order to matter, to be functional, and to be able. We are very gifted and talented in our own ways. Who we are needs to be "good enough". It needs to be "good enough" firstly to parents, secondly to society and equally to each adult diagnosed and left to fend for themselves, with Asperger's, in adulthood.

We need bridges of understanding to and from each other. We do not need to be the same. We are all okay as we are, differences and all.



•Tantalus - (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it. (Source: www.dictionary.com)

To read more about my experience of this paradox of social impairment and profound social disconnectedness juxtaposed with my continued efforts to be more social and relational in spite of the stress and pain involved in stepping off of my AS world to put a foot on your NT world please order my up-coming ebook The Paradox of Asperger's and Relating

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1.   Feb 1, 2005 2:14 PM
Thanks again for another wonderful article, A.J..

I'm not sure if it's the exact same thing, but those of us who live with chronic illnesses feel a sense of social disconnectedness as well.

Even ...

-- posted by tamara_peters



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