Autism can go to being extremely asocial (such as not speaking, reacting violently to touch, refusing exchange with other individuals, having repetitive behavior... these autists are unlikely to have a job or a family) to having light troubles in interacting with others.
An autist is more likely not to have a love relationship with someone else. But even if he does, he can be someone who will not be very warm toward spouse, perhaps not appreciate physical touch a lot. I guess this can be a the same time an issue both in terms of verbal and non verbal communication.
I guess they are often qualified nerds because they deeply engaged themselves in activities which do not require to much human contact, or, at least activities where they can choose to be in contact or *not* in contact with others (single game playing, stamp gathering, gardening...). I think for most autists, the vibes sent by other humans have a huge impact and are very overbearing. They sort of flood their mental and prevent them from properly functionning. In front of this, an extreme solution is to build barriers, refuse contact entirely, to the point of not understanding the society. A less extreme relief solution is to give time to activities which can relieve them from the psychological pressure provided by other human beings. A sort of blank out relief. A routine activity helps forget the environmental noise.
I do not think that means they cant have a boyfriend/girlfriend, but it is likely they will get one not requiring too much interaction from them. I'd say the spouse should probably understand the need of the autist to have times of isolation and his requirement for a very regular life. Anything getting largely out of the routine seems to be very hard to handle for the autist.
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Mark Williamson a écrit:
By that, do they mean can't get a boyfriend/girlfriend, and aren't good at nonverbal communication, or do they mean something more extreme?
Mark
On 06/06/05, Thomas R. Koll tomk32@gmx.de wrote:
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:43:41PM +0200, Anthere wrote:
By the way, has Aplank left us ? I have not seen him in quite a while. He is even listed TWICE on the Aspergian list :-)
for left and right hand?
I wonder if I should not add myself on it as some told I was a light autist as a child.
.... I just read something scary
''Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally retarded to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ('normal') to the general public. These autistic persons are often classified as "nerds" or "geeks" by their peers.''
:de also includes lingual, communication and social problems, nothing I'd expect from a Wikipedian.
ciao, tom
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