Question

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

It's been suggested that multiplicity might be more common in people with/whose body has Aspergers' syndrome or autism, and I'm rather curious how well that holds up.

Do you or anyone in your system have Aspergers' syndrome or autism? If so, is it a system-wide thing, or particular to a certain person or group?


We have Aspergers' syndrome, and it appears to affect everyone in our system to some extent. (None of us is all that good at understanding social situations or reading body language, for instance, and the lot of us have 'odd' interests.)

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Comments

[spookshow-girl.livejournal.com]

Exactly, which is why we don't feel comfortable applying the label to ourselves, individually, or as a group. Well, that and we don't feel we fit the criteria, in any fashion that isn't better explained by, for example, cultural differences, and being raised by someone who was having trouble with English at the time.

I feel that slapping on the label, on the basis of some odd traits, without serious examination, is a disservice to oneself, and people who are autistic.

--Me