Aspergers is defined by the world Health Organisation as a Psychological disorder. What are your views on this?
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I suppose if you want to do something you can't, it will feel that way. I'm comfortable in my limits, and have a better understanding now of where those are. What is difficult is when other people demand that I be able to do things that I can't, or which don't come easily. I was just on another (non-autism-related) forum and had been discussing my history of being bullied at school. Another poster challenged me as to whether I had "even tried to reach out" to other children, implying it was therefore my fault I had been bullied if I hadn't. But how can you reach out to people who try to hit you as soon as you open your mouth because of the way you talk and the things you want to talk about?
I suppose if you want to do something you can't, it will feel that way. I'm comfortable in my limits, and have a better understanding now of where those are. What is difficult is when other people demand that I be able to do things that I can't, or which don't come easily. I was just on another (non-autism-related) forum and had been discussing my history of being bullied at school. Another poster challenged me as to whether I had "even tried to reach out" to other children, implying it was therefore my fault I had been bullied if I hadn't. But how can you reach out to people who try to hit you as soon as you open your mouth because of the way you talk and the things you want to talk about?
