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foreign language

Jon

On the NAS site its says:

'If you have Asperger syndrome, understanding conversation is like trying to understand a foreign language'.

I am not all together sure what this actually means. Is it that true for all Aspies? Understanding a foreign language is impossible if you do not know it. Would that not mean that communication is impossible?

Any thoughts?

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  • I sometimes don't know what someone is saying and even though I am trying I can't absorb it. I have to focus really hard. it can happen with reading too. If I think it doesn't matter I vaguely nod and laugh.

    It has happened the other way around though where I have said something and they have misunderstood it. I have then just gone along with it without cottecting them as that seemed easier.

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  • I sometimes don't know what someone is saying and even though I am trying I can't absorb it. I have to focus really hard. it can happen with reading too. If I think it doesn't matter I vaguely nod and laugh.

    It has happened the other way around though where I have said something and they have misunderstood it. I have then just gone along with it without cottecting them as that seemed easier.

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