| Dark_Lord_2008 said: Asperger worked with children who, while bright, exhibited the symptoms we now associate with the syndrome. The youngsters displayed poor communications skills, including a lack of empathy with their peers. And they lived in a different world, as if their environment were a tidy little box that few outsiders could open. So what is the harm in creating your own box, your own space? We all carve out our little havens, our little sanctuaries, right? The difference is that those with Asperger’s are obsessed with their worlds, sometimes annoyingly so, and they do not understand when others are not as obsessed as they are. They can be remarkably passionate and eloquent, but passion and eloquence have a shelf life, and when it comes to conversations, they pontificate long after the expiration date. They can go on and on and on, their sentences interrupted by clauses, as if their talks were prepared speeches, complete with colons, semi-colons and, sometimes, periods. This makes bonding with them difficult. “Some people with ASD have the desire to fit in or want to make friends, while most do not desire to make friends,” said Ramirez, who has guided both me and my loved one. “They prefer to be in their own world and with their own interests and where they can control their environment.” |
Yeah i can see why they think its always a lack of empathy but in many cases the person just has troubles showing empathy and still feels empathy.
