How many of you are diagnosed with aspergers/autism?

*CyberCubed* · 06-28-2014, 07:10 PM

So we've had a thread about sexuality, glasses, slang, disabilities, now its time for an aspie thread.

Its funny, up until a couple of years ago I had never even heard of the word, "autism." I simply never knew about it. I started coming to online forums and for some reason everyone kept saying, "Yeah, I'm an aspie too" and I kept wondering what was this people were talking about? Its funny how much you learn through online fandoms. Almost every fandom I've been a part of, it seems like half the people said they were diagnosed with either high-functioning autism or had aspergers.

Now it seems like autism and aspergers syndrome is very widespread and quite common. More and more kids are being diagnosed with this at a very young age. Its hard to believe that almost a third of the general population probably has it.

So how many of you, and I'm sure there are quite a number, either are aspie's or know someone in your family who has it?

View Poll Results: Do you have autism/aspergers?
Yes, I'm an aspie myself	1	11.11%
No, but I have family members diagnosed with it	5	55.56%
I don't know, I've never been diagnosed, but I think I have it	3	33.33%
Voters: 9. You may not vote on this poll

06-28-2014, 07:10 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,871	How many of you are diagnosed with aspergers/autism? So we've had a thread about sexuality, glasses, slang, disabilities, now its time for an aspie thread. Its funny, up until a couple of years ago I had never even heard of the word, "autism." I simply never knew about it. I started coming to online forums and for some reason everyone kept saying, "Yeah, I'm an aspie too" and I kept wondering what was this people were talking about? Its funny how much you learn through online fandoms. Almost every fandom I've been a part of, it seems like half the people said they were diagnosed with either high-functioning autism or had aspergers. Now it seems like autism and aspergers syndrome is very widespread and quite common. More and more kids are being diagnosed with this at a very young age. Its hard to believe that almost a third of the general population probably has it. So how many of you, and I'm sure there are quite a number, either are aspie's or know someone in your family who has it?