A Preparation of Impromptu Remarks

Autism does effect the personality, but the personality (shyness, etc.) doesn’t dub one autistic. I think more people may be diagnosed with Asperger’s each year. Some like to call that a milder form of autism. People with Aspergers syndrome normally are harder to recognize and are just a little out of it socially. Kids with autism, on the other hand, have very identifiable symptoms that place them in that category. For instance, they are extremely sensitive to light, sounds, touch – basically anything sensory. That’s why they’re usually more withdrawn. It is known that their brain neurons, for some unidentified reason, are damaged or under-developed. This hinders their ability to communicate properly and pick up on social hints. I know lots of quieter, type-b personalities. I’m one of them! That doesn’t make someone autistic. Autism is – despite it’s mysterious cause – a very defined diagnoses, whereas Aspergers is a little less defined. However, I find it’s pretty easy to identify someone with Aspergers as they generally have no concept of what others around them are thinking. This isn’t to say that there are no people out there that are just plain socially awkward.

Sorry if you knew all of that already. I kind of went off on that one because my mom works with a large variety of special needs kids and I’ve been exposed to it for quite a while.