Reply #7: Some more information for people with Asperger Syndrome.

[Aspy in Bend]

Good morning:

I've been a reader of Democratic Underground for quite some time, but never commented to any of the topics. Yesterday I noticed the start of this group and figured it was time to participate.

I noticed that several of the comments seem to center around AS (Asperger Syndrome) being a disease or something to change; something that needs to be altered to fit into society. I believe it was Tony Atwood who said something along this line: "Asperger is not a disability; it's a different ability". That doesn't take away the fact that AS certainly has its challenges, as I can personally attest.

For those of you who are interested in finding out more about themselves and/or someone they know, here are a few links that may shed some light on the personality of someone with AS. I'd suggest you take some time and take the MYERS-BRIGGS test. It seems that there are several AS people who are also INTP (Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving) I'm not claiming that all AS people are INTP, but I'm sure that quite a few of them will reckognize themselves in this profile.

http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP.html

http://www.intp.org/intprofile.html

http://www.intp.org/

Here are 2 links to take a MYERS-BRIGGS test:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm

I hope this information will be helpful to some of you. I'll be posting more at a later time. Take care and enjoy the day.